- Date
- February 21, 1971
- Place
- Orogrande, NM · OROGRANDE, NM
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8726HNavion A
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161363
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4241 71/2/21 OROGRANDE,N MEX NAVION A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 37 TOTAL TIME - 1910 N8726H PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINK,TEX LORDSBURG,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 8000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- UNAUTH X-C FLT.BECAME LOST,FLEW INTO SNOW SHWRS AT NITE ABT 18MI N OF COURSE.RECOVERY DATE 2/22/71
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8726H
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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