- Date
- September 20, 1966
- Place
- Alberton, MT · ALBERTON, MT
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5182WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121548
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0907 66/9/20 NR.ALBERTON MONT PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1735 N5182W PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 43, 3400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 092166.SPOTTING ELK. BLOOD ALCOHOL 200 MG.PCT.SUFFICIENT TO IMPAIR CRITICAL JUDGMENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5182W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5182WRegistration cancelled Jan 22, 1976 · Piper PA-28Airframe modelPiper PA-28Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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