- Date
- August 25, 1978
- Place
- Cloudcloft, NM · CLOUDCLOFT, NM
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1880JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780825025819A
- Case key
- 140126
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2465 78/8/25 NR.CLOUDCLOFT,NM PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 414 TIME - 1906 N1880J PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOLLOMAN AFB,NM LUBBOCK,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1880J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1880JRegistration cancelled May 19, 2009 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine 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.