- Date
- September 23, 1976
- Place
- Deland, FL · DELAND, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N657FLPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760923035629A
- Case key
- 155818
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2937 76/9/23 NR.DELAND,FL PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 103 TIME - 2040 N657FL PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAYTONA BEACH,FL TAMPA,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- ACFT NOT MAINTAINED FOR NIGHT FLT. PLT HAD LITTLE NIGHT EXPERIENCE. ALCOHOL LEVEL 126MG PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N657FL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.