- Date
- June 9, 1978
- Place
- Eagle Nest, NM · EAGLE NEST, NM
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1917PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780609011769A
- Case key
- 141826
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1393 78/6/9 EAGLE NEST,NM PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 359 TIME - 1630 N1917P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 68 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANGEL FIRE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAGLE NEST,NM LAS VEGAS,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 260 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT UNABLE TO MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED.LANDED OFF ARPT.DENS ALT 11000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1917P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Angel Fire
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1917P · 1
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