- Date
- January 31, 1975
- Place
- Hartselle, AL · HARTSELLE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N167SPPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750131002379A
- Case key
- 147444
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0198 75/1/31 HARTSELLE,AL PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 33, TIME - 1945 N167SP PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STEPHENSON,AL GUNTERSVILLE,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.31 PERCENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N167SP
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N167SPRegistration cancelled May 19, 1975 · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.