- Date
- September 28, 1974
- Place
- Greensboro, NC · GREENSBORO, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N77339Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740928033549A
- Case key
- 141124
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3017 74/9/28 GREENSBORO,NC CESSNA 140 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 2300 TIME - 0955 N77339 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AIR HARBOUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENSBORO,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - LOW CEILING SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 72 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 310 MG PERCENT.TKOF IN LOW VIS CONDITIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77339
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Air Harbour
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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.