- Date
- May 3, 1967
- Place
- Lake City, SC · LAKE CITY, SC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6052HPiper J3-90
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117860
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0481 67/5/3 LAKE CITY,SC PIPER J3-90 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 32, UNK/NR TIME - 1430 N6052H PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK TREE 40 FT ABOVE ITS BASE. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 100 MGM PERCENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6052H
- Reported as
- Piper J3-90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lake City
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