- Date
- December 7, 1969
- Place
- Lordsburg, NM · LORDSBURG, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7831HPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 145272
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4530 69/12/7 LORDSBURG,N MEX PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 20, 568 TIME - 1800 N7831H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LORDSBURG MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WENDEN,ARIZ LORDSBURG,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING REMARKS- DURG LDG ON AREA MISIDENTIFIED AS UNLITED APT,HIT EARTH DIKE. NO LDG LITE ON ACFT,NITE DARK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7831H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lordsburg Muni