- Date
- November 9, 1973
- Place
- Roswell, NM · ROSWELL, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9001PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731109038569A
- Case key
- 188206
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3279 73/11/9 NR.ROSWELL,N MEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 27, TIME - 2022 N9001P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROSWELL,N MEX EL PASO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - OTHER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT UNCERTIFICATED,DARK NITE,UNLTD TERRAIN.PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.118 PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9001P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.