- Date
- September 7, 1977
- Place
- Hobbs, NM · HOBBS, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N32574Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770907029899A
- Case key
- 145146
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2769 77/9/7 NR.HOBBS, NM PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 8875 TIME - 1620 N32574 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 102 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAITE RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOBBS, NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT PHYSICAL CONDITION OF PASSENGER REMARKS- FENCE ACROSS RWY.STUDENT SICK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32574
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Waite Ranch
N32574Registered now · Piper PA-28-151Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.