- Date
- October 23, 1968
- Place
- Orangeburg, SC · ORANGEBURG, SC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8984SCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107821
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3547 68/10/23 ORANGEBURG,SC CESSNA 150 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 20 TOTAL TIME - UNK/NR N8984S PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGEBURG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- CRASHED IN SWAMP. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.19 PCT. FLT WAS UNAUTHORIZED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8984S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Orangeburg
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