- Date
- February 26, 1971
- Place
- Columbus, NM · COLUMBUS, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7926NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133120
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0659 71/2/26 COLUMBUS,N MEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 56 TOTAL TIME - 1052 N7926N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SAN ANGELO,TEX REDLANDS,CALIF DEMING,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT USED FULL RICH MIXTURE FOR ENTIRE FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7926N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7926NRegistration cancelled Feb 27, 2013 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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