- Date
- April 22, 1979
- Place
- Las Cruces, NM · LAS CRUCES, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1565Piper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135747
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1486 79/4/22 LAS CRUCES,NM PIPER J3C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 385 TIME - 1600 N1565 PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 72 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAS CRUCES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS CRUCES,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH SCHWEIZER Z-33,N1588,MINOR DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1565
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Las Cruces