- Date
- November 29, 1978
- Place
- Cimarron, NM · CIMARRON, NM
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1245TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781129040729A
- Case key
- 138284
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3692 78/11/29 CIMARRON,NM PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 207 TIME - 2000 N1245T PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUEBLO,CO ALBUQUERQUE,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- HIT MTN RIDGE APRX 13MI W OF COURSE.NIGHT X-COUNTRY NOT AUTH WITHOUT INST RATING.RECOVERED 7/15/79
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1245T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.