- Date
- January 11, 1969
- Place
- Las Vegas, NM · LAS VEGAS, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4311HPiper PA-15
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191600
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0178 69/1/11 NR.LAS VEGAS,N MEX PIPER PA-15 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 195 TIME - 0830 N4311H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 230 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 13 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- T/O MADE FROM FARM FLD,NEAR GROSS WT,INTO RISING TERRAIN, ALT 6800 FT. ACFT WOULD NOT CLIMB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4311H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-15
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4311HRegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2012 · Piper PA-15Airframe modelPiper PA-15Engine modelLycoming 0-145B series
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