# NTSB MIA68F0286: Piper PA-28, N4171J, Macon, GA, October 8, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: October 8, 1967
- Place: Macon, GA · MACON, GA
- Location: 32.8407° N, 83.6324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Macon, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8407&lon=-83.6324&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report December 28, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113495
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA68F0286
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68F0286

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4171J-1974-04-23), registration cancelled 1974-04-23, S/N 28-22506, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Macon

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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