- Date
- February 4, 1973
- Place
- Eagle Nest, NM · EAGLE NEST, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5792FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730204002009A
- Case key
- 170000
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0309 73/2/4 EAGLE NEST,N MEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1745 N5792F PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 21, 510 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 139 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANGEL FIRE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAGLE NEST,N MEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- HIT ROADWAY REFLECTORS.NOSE GR COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5792F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Angel Fire
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5792F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.