- Date
- October 8, 1967
- Place
- Macon, GA · MACON, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4171JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113495
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0829 67/10/8 MACON,GA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 25, TIME - 0717 N4171J PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 46 TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- PLT SAID HE HAD BEEN DRINKING.3 WITNESSES SAID PLT AND PX SEEMED UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4171J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Macon
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