- Date
- February 19, 1971
- Place
- Athens, TX · ATHENS, TX
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4971CPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160249
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0228 71/2/19 ATHENS,TEX PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 20, 8 TOTAL TIME - 0200 N4971C PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JONES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATHENS,TEX UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= TERRAIN - OTHER PILOT IN COMMAND - PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- STOLEN ACFT. TOOK OFF INTO AREA OF SPARSE LTG.OCCUPANTS HAD HISTORY OF DRUG ABUSE,MENTAL ILLNESS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4971C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jones
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