- Date
- April 30, 1974
- Place
- Alamogordo, NM · ALAMOGORDO, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N15905Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740430010239A
- Case key
- 186258
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0937 74/4/30 ALAMOGORDO,N MEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 855 TIME - 0810 N15905 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 575 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALAMOGORDO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALAMOGORDO,N MEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT HIT 3FT DIRT BANK ON RWY THRESHOLD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15905
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alamogordo Muni
N15905Registration cancelled Jul 12, 2018 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.