- Date
- June 17, 1976
- Place
- Las Cruces, NM · LAS CRUCES, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8624HTwin Engine D-16
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760617016859A
- Case key
- 154012
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1475 76/6/17 LAS CRUCES,NM TWIN ENGINE D-16 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1515 N8624H PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 62, 5994 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 45 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAS CRUCES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS CRUCES,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT UNUSUAL NOISE PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 96 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- L ENG ROUGH,OVERSHOT APCH.NOSE GR LT UNSAFE,UN MAKE GO ARND.LND ACROSS RWY.DENSITY ALT 8000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8624H
- Reported as
- Twin Engine D-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Las Cruces
N8624HRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · Temco D-16Airframe modelTemco D-16Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N8624H · 1
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