- Date
- March 27, 1972
- Place
- Odessa, TX · ODESSA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N428WBeech 95-B55
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165332
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0153 72/3/27 ODESSA,TEX BEECH 95-B55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, UNK/NR TIME - UNK/NR N428W PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOBBS,N MEX MIDLAND,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- ACFT RCVRD 4/1/72.RESULTS OF TOX REPORT DATED 4/14/72-ETHYL ALCOHOL 0.317%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N428W
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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