- Date
- November 8, 1970
- Place
- Folsom, NM · FOLSOM, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7554DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158916
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4136 70/11/8 FOLSOM,N MEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 353 TIME - 1040 N7554D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 143 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOULDER,COLO AMARILLO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES BLOWING SNOW 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 50 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- LT TO MDT TURB FCST.ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB.ATTEMPTED DOWNWIND LDG IN PASTURE.WIND REPTD 50-60K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7554D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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