- Date
- March 30, 1965
- Place
- Taos, NM · TAOS, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5209PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178963
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0594 65/3/30 NR.TAOS N MEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 700 TIME - 1645 N5209P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- A/C LANDED ON HIGHWAY AND STRUCK SIGN POST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5209P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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