- Date
- November 21, 1975
- Place
- Lighthouse Pt, FL · LIGHTHOUSE PT, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7427KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751121042029A
- Case key
- 152197
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3941 75/11/21 LIGHTHOUSE PT,FL PIPER PA-20 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, TIME - 0542 N7427K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POMPANO AIR PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT LAUDERDALE,FL AVON PARK,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL 0.13 PER CENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7427K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pompano Air Park
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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.