- Date
- May 15, 1972
- Place
- Grass Creek, WY · GRASS CREEK, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6944PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166206
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1659 72/5/15 GRASS CREEK,WYO PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 102 TIME - 0930 N6944P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 98 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRASS CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRASS CREEK,WYO THERMOPOLIS,WYO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- HIT PWR LINES 30 FT AGL ABOVE ROAD. CONT FLT TO DEST,LND OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6944P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grass Creek
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Other investigations on N6944P · 2
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