- Date
- January 25, 1975
- Place
- Dexter, NM · DEXTER, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N15373Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750125006849A
- Case key
- 148347
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0633 75/1/25 DEXTER,NM PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N15373 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 28, 840 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 6 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEXTER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEXTER,NM ALAMAGORDO,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- EXCESSIVELY LEAN MIXT.HIT CATTLE PENS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15373
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dexter Muni
N15373Registered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N15373 · 1
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