- Date
- September 7, 1970
- Place
- Lakeland, FL · LAKELAND, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5168YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154831
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1345 70/9/7 LAKELAND,FLA PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0003 N5168Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 31, 4448 TOTAL HOURS, 330 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DRANE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POMPANO BEACH,FLA ST.PETERSBURG,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE REMARKS- HIT PWR LINE ON DARK NITE. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 165 MG PCT. PLT HADNT SLEPT FOR 16 HRS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5168Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Drane
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