- Date
- March 9, 1968
- Place
- Mountainair, NM · MOUNTAINAIR, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7069TCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111161
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0827 68/3/9 MOUNTAINAIR,N MEX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 30 TOTAL TIME - 1715 N7069T PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED REMARKS- DROPPED DOWN TO ORIENTATE POSITION FROM ROAD SIGNS.TOP OF TAIL SECTION SEVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7069T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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