- Date
- August 17, 1975
- Place
- Gallatin, TN · GALLATIN, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N14328Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750817029029A
- Case key
- 150139
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2524 75/8/17 GALLATIN,TN PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 2140 TIME - 0028 N14328 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GALLATIN,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 0.100 PCT.FLOAT EQPD,STRUCK WIRES CROSSING LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14328
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.