# NTSB FTW67A0087: Bellanca 14-19, N7626E, Mt.Pleasant, TX, March 3, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 3, 1967
- Place: Mt.Pleasant, TX · MT.PLEASANT, TX
- Location: 33.1582° N, 94.9745° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Pleasant, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1582&lon=-94.9745&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 29, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119107
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW67A0087
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW67A0087

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0084   67/3/3    MT.PLEASANT,TEX     BELLANCA 14-19      CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 36,
        TIME - 0130                    N7626E              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  300 TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MT.PLEASANT MUNI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
        REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.26 PERCENT. SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE DISORIENTATION,MENTAL CONFUSION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7626E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7626E-1970-09-24), registration cancelled 1970-09-24, S/N 4128 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 14-19
- Registry model: [Bellanca 14-19-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-19-3) (registry code 3080106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Mt.Pleasant Muni

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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