- Date
- August 6, 1970
- Place
- Roswell, NM · ROSWELL, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1122APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 188947
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3355 70/8/6 ROSWELL,N MEX PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 2020 TIME - 0730 N1122A PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2010 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROSWELL,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- SURVEYING RANCH,HIT HILL WATCHING CATTLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1122A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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