- Date
- March 15, 1971
- Place
- Americus, GA · AMERICUS, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6567PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132945
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0091 71/3/15 AMERICUS,GA PIPER PA-24 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 40, TIME - 1715 N6567P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AMERICUS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMERICUS,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSD TO ENTER STEEP DIVING TURN FROM ALT TOO LOW TO PERMIT RECOVERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6567P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Americus
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