- Date
- May 14, 1976
- Place
- Buckhorn, NM · BUCKHORN, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3390ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 153606
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2084 76/5/14 NR.BUCKHORN,NM PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 1299 TIME - 0835 N3390Z PX- 0 0 0 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 259 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUCKHORN,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT ENGAGED IN COYOTE HUNTING.PILOT BEING INSTRUCTED BY GUNNER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3390Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3390ZRegistration cancelled Apr 6, 2012 · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N3390Z · 1
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