- Date
- September 28, 1968
- Place
- Columbus, NM · COLUMBUS, NM
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7551PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108367
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3274 68/9/28 NR.COLUMBUS,N MEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1815 N7551P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 23, 745 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 77 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- STRUCK REFLECTOR ON SIDE OF ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7551P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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