- Date
- October 6, 1969
- Place
- Sonora, TX · SONORA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6317RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159122
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2732 69/10/6 SONORA,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 47, 40 TOTAL TIME - 0030 N6317R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL DORADO,TEX MCALLEN,TEX 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- ATTEMPTED NITE X-C OVER UNLITED AREA.NO PREVIOUS NITE FLT EXP.BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 164 MG PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6317R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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