- Date
- March 27, 1971
- Place
- Lamesa, TX · LAMESA, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5727DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160188
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0425 71/3/27 LAMESA,TEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 380 TIME - 0100 N5727D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 318 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMESA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAHOKA,TEX UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT COPILOT - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- PIC BLD ALC LVL 0.110 PERCENT.C/P BLD ALC LVL 0.243 PERCENT. PIC IN R SEAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5727D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lamesa
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