- Date
- July 31, 1971
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL · FT.LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5465TCessna 172E
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162058
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1782 71/7/31 FT.LAUDERDALE,FLA CESSNA 172E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 47, 67 TOTAL TIME - 2112 N5465T PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT.LAUDERDALE,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- CTL TWR PERS TRIED TO VECTOR PLT TO ARPT. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL .239 PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5465T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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