- Date
- August 31, 1970
- Place
- Vaughn, NM · VAUGHN, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73588Piper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127811
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3597 70/8/31 VAUGHN,N MEX PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 61 TOTAL TIME - 0800 N73588 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VAUGHN,N MEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- LNDD ON ABANDONED STRIP,ROUGH,YUCCAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73588
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage