- Date
- July 3, 1974
- Place
- Los Lunas, NM · LOS LUNAS, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4516MPiper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740703024089A
- Case key
- 130315
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2159 74/7/3 LOS LUNAS,N MEX PIPER PA-11 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0940 N4516M PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 26, 372 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MID VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS LUNAS,N MEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4516M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mid Valley
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4516M · 1
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