- Date
- September 19, 1976
- Place
- Pinon, NM · PINON, NM
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N54294Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156177
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3903 76/9/19 NR.PINON,NM PIPER PA-31 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, TIME - 0010 N54294 PX- 1 0 0 OTHER UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- EVIDENCE OF LARGE AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA FOUND IN WRECKAGE. HIT TREES ON SECOND LOW PASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54294
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N54294Registration cancelled May 10, 2013 · Piper PA-31-350Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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