- Date
- August 3, 1967
- Place
- Belle Forch, SD · BELLE FORCH, SD
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8064PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115972
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1062 67/8/3 BELLE FORCH,S DAK PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1948 N8064P PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 43, 2123 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BELLE FOURCHE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 233 MG PERCENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8064P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Belle Fourche
N8064PRegistration cancelled Jan 25, 2019 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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