- Date
- September 6, 1975
- Place
- Hawthorne, NV · HAWTHORNE, NV
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6178DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750906030399A
- Case key
- 150929
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2419 75/9/6 NR.HAWTHORNE,NV PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 250 TIME - 1345 N6178D PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 213 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SO.LAKE TAHOE,CA HAWTHORNE,NV FLYING M RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE REMARKS- FLEW INTO SLOPE OF MTN RIDGE.PLT HAD MODERATE ATHEROSCLEROSIS.BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 0.051 PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6178D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.