- Date
- February 4, 1973
- Place
- Las Vegas, NM · LAS VEGAS, NM
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5313LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730204002019A
- Case key
- 170039
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0263 73/2/4 LAS VEGAS,N MEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 265 TIME - 1129 N5313L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAS VEGAS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS CRUCES,N MEX ROCKY FORD,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 21 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- EXCEEDED XWIND COMPONENT OF ACFT.WIND GUSTY TO 30 KTS.LANDED RWY 20. PLT HAD CAST ON LEFT LEG
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5313L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Las Vegas Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
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