- Date
- March 4, 1972
- Place
- Middlesboro, KY · MIDDLESBORO, KY
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3342PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165770
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0681 72/3/4 NR.MIDDLESBORO,KY PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 938 TIME - 0705 N3342P PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 480 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TEX MIDDLESBORO,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE REMARKS- PLT STATED HE FELL ASLEEP. ACFT HIT WIRES AND TREE. PLT WOKE UP,RECOVERED AND FLEW TO DEST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3342P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3342PRegistration cancelled Mar 13, 2018 · Piper PA-23-160Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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