- Date
- October 23, 1970
- Place
- San Juan, TX · SAN JUAN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5223LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165628
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1648 70/10/23 SAN JUAN,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1050 N5223L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 52, 3500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCALLEN,TEX SAN JUAN,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION MISCELLANEOUS - SUICIDE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DELIBERATELY DOVE INTO PRE-ANNOUNCED CHURCH AFTER REQUESTING CHURCHES IN AREA BE EVACUATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5223L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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