- Date
- December 3, 1970
- Place
- Cerillos, NM · CERILLOS, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N440KFleet Acft 7
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159639
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4465 70/12/3 CERILLOS,N MEX FLEET ACFT 7 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 540 TIME - 1200 N440K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CERILLOS,N MEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- T/O FROM GRAVEL ROAD PINON TREES BOTH SIDES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N440K
- Reported as
- Fleet Acft 7
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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