# NTSB DEN71DQA06: Piper PA-18, N1122A, Roswell, NM, August 6, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 6, 1970
- Place: Roswell, NM · ROSWELL, NM
- Location: 33.3734° N, 104.5294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roswell, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3734&lon=-104.5294&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 9, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 188947
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN71DQA06
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN71DQA06

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1122A-2011-01-05), registration cancelled 2011-01-05, S/N 18-715 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (registry code 7101802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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