- Date
- December 2, 1982, 03:20 local (10:20 UTC)
- Place
- Douglas, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N55118Piper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821202061069A
- Case key
- 70497
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Aircraft handling - not understoodCause
Impairment(alcohol)Cause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt was observed to crash shortly after takeoff. Witnesses stated it had been snowing off & on. The plt's blood alcohol level was 228 mg%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55118
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7340101
- Airframe hours
- 1,513
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-KIA5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jackie Jackson
- Departed
- Douglas, AZ
N55118Registration cancelled Aug 23, 2012 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Invalid Medical for flight
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.