- Date
- July 15, 1972
- Place
- Casper, WY · CASPER, WY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3603ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167317
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2473 72/7/15 CASPER,WYO PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 255 TIME - 1550 N3603Z PX- 0 0 2 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 85 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CASPER AIR TERM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CASPER,WYO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3603Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Casper Air Term
N3603ZRegistration cancelled Nov 18, 2017 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N3603Z · 1
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