- Date
- October 4, 1974
- Place
- Huntington, WV · HUNTINGTON, WV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1822PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741004035859A
- Case key
- 141128
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3031 74/10/4 HUNTINGTON,W VA PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 400 TIME - 1830 N1822P 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 - NEWLON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTINGTON,W VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 70 MG PCT.STRUCK TREES DRG PULL UP FM SPLIT S.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1822P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Newlon Field
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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.