- Date
- May 24, 1978
- Place
- Redlands, CA · REDLANDS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4189WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780524018359A
- Case key
- 141852
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1269 78/5/24 REDLANDS,CA PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, UNK/NR TIME - 2310 N4189W 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 - REDLANDS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIALTO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- ETHYL ALCOHOL 0.24 PERCENT,VITREOUS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4189W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Redlands Muni
N4189WRegistration cancelled Jun 12, 2012 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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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.