- Date
- October 9, 1971
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6818KPiper PA-16
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164113
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4077 71/10/9 ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX PIPER PA-16 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 266 TIME - 1120 N6818K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORONADO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- LITTLE RECENT FLT EXP IN CONVENTIONAL GR ACFT.NO DUAL INST RECORDED THIS MAKE,MODEL ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6818K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Coronado
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