- Date
- June 30, 1965
- Place
- La Junta, CO · LA JUNTA, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5252ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176143
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2809 65/6/30 LA JUNTA COLO PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 30 TOTAL TIME - 1000 N5252Z PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5252Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5252ZRegistered now · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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