- Date
- August 4, 1972
- Place
- Santa Fe, NM · SANTA FE, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3941TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167701
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0544 72/8/4 SANTA FE,N MEX PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 390 TIME - 0918 N3941T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA FE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA FE,N MEX TAOS,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 6000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DENSITY ALT ABOUT 8700 FT. ACFT SETTLED INTO ROUGH GRND. PLT ACCUSTOMED TO LOWER ALT OPERATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3941T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Fe Muni
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