- Date
- July 5, 1971
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5387YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162211
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0741 71/7/5 ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 363 TIME - 1111 N5387Y PX- 0 0 6 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALBUQUERQUE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX GRAND CANYON,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 25000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 82 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT LIFTED OFF,SETTLED BACK TO RWY ONCE OR TWICE BFR NOSE GR COLLAPSED.NR MAX GWT.DNS ALT 8200FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5387Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Albuquerque
N5387YRegistration cancelled Jan 24, 2018 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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