- Date
- May 1, 1976
- Place
- Lynchburg, VA · LYNCHBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6835YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760501011119A
- Case key
- 153544
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0881 76/5/1 LYNCHBURG,VA PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 650 TIME - 0330 N6835Y PX- 2 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LYNCHBURG MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LYNCHBURG,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.19 PCT.WITNESS AWAKEN BY SOUND OF BUZZING PLANE.CRASHED ONTO RR TRACKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6835Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lynchburg Muni
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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.