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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-23 · Lilly Chapel, OH · April 24, 1964

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
April 24, 1964
Place
Lilly Chapel, OH · LILLY CHAPEL, OH
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Uncontrolled descent
Aircraft
N92NPiper PA-23
Status
Completed · report February 19, 1965
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
185078

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0883  64/4/24    LILLY CHAPEL OHIO   PIPER PA-23         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1734
        TIME - 0130                    N92N                PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 986 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE

Aircraft

Registration
N92N
Reported as
Piper PA-23
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.