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MKC68A0019

1967-09-04 · ESTELLINE, South Dakota, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N40907

Make / Model
PIPER J3C-65
Year of manufacture
1941 · 26 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES (95 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20050826
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4D088

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PIPER J3F · N40907
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
D
Airport
ESTELLINE
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
70° F

Pilot

Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
44
Age
27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ROXIMATE.

Investigator remarks

BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 428MG PCT. ACCIDENT TIME APP

Cause factors

  • 64/A/65 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/67 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/14 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 2 1093. Source file NTSB_1967_2_1093.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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