- Date
- February 22, 1974
- Place
- Georgetown, SC · GEORGETOWN, SC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1894JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740222003649A
- Case key
- 186823
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0538 74/2/22 GEORGETOWN,SC PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1945 N1894J PX- 0 0 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE AGE 46, 10511 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GEORGETOWN,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- CRASHED IN INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY.BLOOD ALCOHOL .173PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1894J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
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