# NTSB MIA70A0011: Piper J-3, N70223, Lafayette, TN, August 1, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 1, 1969
- Place: Lafayette, TN · LAFAYETTE, TN
- Location: 36.5241° N, 86.0307° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5241&lon=-86.0307&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 27, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 166408
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA70A0011
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70A0011

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3110   69/8/1    LAFAYETTE,TENN      PIPER J-3           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 800
        TIME - 1850                    N70223              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GALLATIN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LAFAYETTE,TENN              LAFAYETTE,TENN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
        REMARKS- PX BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.13 PCT.DEPLANING PX WALKED INTO PROP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N70223](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70223), registered now, S/N 17199, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J-3
- Registry model: [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (registry code 7100510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Gallatin

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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