- Date
- July 22, 1979
- Place
- Ft.Pierce, FL · FT.PIERCE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N26147Piper J-3C65
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790722025199A
- Case key
- 134154
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2571 79/7/22 NR.FT.PIERCE,FL PIPER J-3C65 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 28, TIME - 1845 N26147 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NELSONS STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT.PIERCE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.334%
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26147
- Reported as
- Piper J-3C65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Nelsons Strip
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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.