- Date
- August 3, 1975
- Place
- Wilmington, MA · WILMINGTON, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N66233N.American SNJ-3
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750803027799A
- Case key
- 150417
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3666 75/8/3 WILMINGTON,MA N.AMERICAN SNJ-3 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 450 TIME - 1555 N66233 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEDFORD,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL .18%. NOTE FOUND ON PLT WITH THE WORDS-I THEREFORE WANT TO DIE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66233
- Reported as
- N.American SNJ-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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