- Date
- September 4, 1967
- Place
- Estelline, SD · ESTELLINE, SD
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N40907Piper J3F
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114581
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1093 67/9/4 ESTELLINE,S DAK PIPER J3F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 44 TOTAL TIME - 1500 N40907 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ESTELLINE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 428MG PCT. ACCIDENT TIME APPROXIMATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40907
- Reported as
- Piper J3F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Estelline
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