# NTSB FTW65A0096: Piper PA-22, N8996C, Robert Lee, TX, April 1, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 1, 1965
- Place: Robert Lee, TX · ROBERT LEE, TX
- Location: 31.8957° N, 100.4850° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Robert Lee, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8957&lon=-100.4850&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 28, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179805
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW65A0096
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW65A0096

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0119   65/4/1    ROBERT LEE TEX      PIPER PA-22         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 48, 3000
        TIME - 1600                    N8996C              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- ALCOHOL VALUE IN HIGH AREA OF CONFUSION OVERLAPPING INTO STUPOR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8996C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8996C-1965-09-14), registration cancelled 1965-09-14, S/N 22-1568 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-135](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (registry code 7102206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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