- Date
- March 20, 1976
- Place
- Ballinger, TX · BALLINGER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1296TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760320005029A
- Case key
- 152624
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0316 76/3/20 BALLINGER,TX PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 242 TIME - 1725 N1296T PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRUCE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINTERS,TX LOWAKE,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT 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 REMARKS- HIT WIRES 30FT AGL.HIT REAR OF CAR DRG GRND SLIDE. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 0.312%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1296T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bruce
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.