- Date
- August 15, 1971
- Place
- Hillsboro, TN · HILLSBORO, TN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1358PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162041
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1569 71/8/15 HILLSBORO,TENN PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 106 TIME - 1645 N1358P PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCMINNVILLE,TENN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- LOST CTL MAKING LOW PASSES AT HOMES IN RURAL AREA. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.22 PCT,PAX 0.21 PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1358P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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