- Date
- August 2, 1976
- Place
- Donaldsonville, GA · DONALDSONVILLE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4043XAero Comdr 100
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760802024319A
- Case key
- 155036
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1945 76/8/2 DONALDSONVILLE,GA AERO COMDR 100 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 37, TIME - 0058 N4043X PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 107 TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DONALDSONVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLQUITT,GA DONALDSONVILLE,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 210 MG PCT.2HR 45 MIN NITE FLT RECORDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4043X
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Donaldsonville
N4043XRegistration cancelled Sep 21, 1976 · Aero Commander 100-180Airframe modelAero Commander 100-180
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.