- Date
- June 17, 1971
- Place
- Uniontown, PA · UNIONTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9228JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161202
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0368 71/6/17 UNIONTOWN,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 2000 TIME - 1445 N9228J PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CONNELLSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONNELLSVILLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD IN STEEP L DSCNDG TURN.PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL .21 PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9228J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Connellsville
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