- Date
- February 11, 1966
- Place
- Las Cruces, NM · LAS CRUCES, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6242WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173817
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0275 66/2/11 LAS CRUCES N MEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1330 N6242W PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 21, 993 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 122 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAS CRUCES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6242W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Las Cruces
N6242WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.