- Date
- February 4, 1970
- Place
- Vaughn, NM · VAUGHN, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5753ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144316
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0790 70/2/4 VAUGHN,N MEX PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 2100 TIME - 0930 N5753Z PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 310 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VAUGHN,N MEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- FLT AT 100FT AGL,PLT GLANCED AT FUEL GAUGES,ACFT HIT TOP OF HILL. PLT WAS CHECKING HIS RANCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5753Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5753ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N5753Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB SEA04LA039Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMcCall, IDThe failure of the right rear ski cable and the owner's improper substitution of the right rear ski cable with an unapproved ski cable. A factor was the slushy snow.NTSB DEN66F0276Accident · No injuriesClosedAlbuquerque, NM