- Date
- April 9, 1978
- Place
- Destin, FL · DESTIN, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7250YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780409015079A
- Case key
- 141957
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1333 78/4/9 DESTIN,FL PIPER PA-30 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1040 N7250Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 35, 6500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DESTIN-FT WALTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DESTIN,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT COPILOT - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT ROLLED IMMEDIATELY AFTR TKOF.C/P BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 0.129%.PLT AT CONTROLS UNDETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7250Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Destin-Ft Walton
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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.