- Date
- January 28, 1968
- Place
- Portales, NM · PORTALES, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8545WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112258
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0112 68/1/28 PORTALES,N MEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 25 TOTAL TIME - 0830 N8545W PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTALES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8545W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Portales
N8545WRegistration cancelled Jun 8, 2018 · Piper PA-28-235Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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