- Date
- February 21, 1977
- Place
- Las Vegas, NM · LAS VEGAS, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N949WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 157534
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0649 77/2/21 LAS VEGAS,NM PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 2050 TIME - 0804 N949W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1750 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAS VEGAS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NM LIBERAL,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- AFTER LEAVING RUNWAY, PILOT GROUND-LOOPED AIRCRAFT TO AVOID A FENCE. GEAR COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N949W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Las Vegas Muni