- Date
- June 3, 1976
- Place
- Hamilton, MT · HAMILTON, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6507YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760603017309A
- Case key
- 154007
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1470 76/6/3 HAMILTON,MT PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1701 TIME - UNK/NR N6507Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 951 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MISSOULA,MT BOISE,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 0.228%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6507Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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