- Date
- October 14, 1977
- Place
- Brunswick, GA · BRUNSWICK, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8097NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771014043089A
- Case key
- 144216
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3953 77/10/14 BRUNSWICK,GA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 1500 TIME - 1330 N8097N PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRUNSWICK,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- PLT LOST CONTROL WHILE EXECUTING STEEP TURNS AT NEAR TREETOP LEVEL. BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL .179%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8097N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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