- Date
- April 3, 1969
- Place
- Mentone, CA · MENTONE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7812PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184599
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1635 69/4/3 MENTONE,CALIF PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 501 TIME - 2230 N7812P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 401 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REDLANDS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL.202 GM PERCENT. CARBON MONOXIDE 16 PERCENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7812P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Redlands
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Other investigations on N7812P · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.