- Date
- February 12, 1968
- Place
- Clovis, NM · CLOVIS, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3720ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111386
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0560 68/2/12 CLOVIS,N MEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 96 TOTAL TIME - 0715 N3720Z PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- STRUCK POWER LINE LNDG ON ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3720Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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