- Date
- July 16, 1970
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6230YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112516
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1178 70/7/16 ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 5252 TIME - 1240 N6230Y PX- 0 0 4 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 87 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUNPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX LOS ALAMOS,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- PLT SAID GR RETRACTED PRIOR LIFT-OFF.LDG GR SYS CKD OK.GS AT RWY CONTACT COMPUTED AS 118 MPH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6230Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sunport
N6230YRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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