- Date
- September 2, 1978
- Place
- Hatch, NM · HATCH, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1775JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780902027549A
- Case key
- 139674
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2760 78/9/2 HATCH,NM PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 194 TIME - 1015 N1775J PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HATCH MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBUQUERQUE,NM EL PASO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LIGHT AND VARIABLE TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 60 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1775J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hatch Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1775J · 1
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