- Date
- March 15, 1973
- Place
- Mesquite, NM · MESQUITE, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4746YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730315004199A
- Case key
- 169819
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0451 73/3/15 MESQUITE,N MEX PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 72 TOTAL TIME - 2140 N4746Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MESQUITE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MESQUITE,N MEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- PLT REPTD DRINKING,UNAUTHORIZED FLT.MISTOOK TRAILER LTS FOR CAR LTS AT RWY END.HIT COTTON PICKER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4746Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mesquite
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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.