- Date
- June 7, 1972
- Place
- Corona, NM · CORONA, NM
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4670JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166591
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0912 72/6/7 CORONA,N MEX PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 586 TIME - 1438 N4670J PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGTON,N MEX ROSWELL,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 56 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 6/8/72. HIT MIN SLOPE OBSCURED BY CLOUDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4670J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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