- Date
- February 26, 1972
- Place
- Colorado City, TX · COLORADO CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9655DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166392
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1411 72/2/26 COLORADO CITY,TEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 450 TIME - 1805 N9655D PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 131 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOWAKE,TEX UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- BUZZING MOBILE TRAILER COURT,HIT HIGH TENSION WIRES OVR ADJ LAKE.ACFT SANK.BLOOD ALCOHOL 0.160PC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9655D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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