- Date
- August 10, 1978
- Place
- Carrizozo, NM · CARRIZOZO, NM
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5338PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780810034429A
- Case key
- 139251
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3208 78/8/10 CARRIZOZO,NM PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 308 TIME - 0245 N5338P PX- 2 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 243 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARRIZOZO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARRIZOZO,NM HOBBS,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION REMARKS- FLIGHT ON A DARK NIGHT OVER UNLIGHTED TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5338P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Carrizozo Muni
N5338PRegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2012 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.