- Date
- July 6, 1974
- Place
- Wheatland, WY · WHEATLAND, WY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7230ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740706017499A
- Case key
- 173458
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1682 74/7/6 WHEATLAND,WYO PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1530 N7230Z PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 400 TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHIFER AIRFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TORRINGTON,WYO WHEATLAND,WYO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DIRECT X-WIND,GUSTING 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7230Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Phifer Airfield
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7230Z · 1
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