- Date
- August 26, 1978
- Place
- Timberon, NM · TIMBERON, NM
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5544FPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780826025079A
- Case key
- 139700
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2683 78/8/26 TIMBERON,NM PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 101 TIME - 1400 N5544F PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TIMBERON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TIMBERON,NM SNYDER,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 230 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WT & BAL INFO NOT AVAILABLE. DA APPROX 10700FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5544F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Timberon
N5544FRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300Engine modelLycoming IO-540-K1G5D
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Other investigations on N5544F · 1
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