- Date
- October 5, 1979
- Place
- Gallup, NM · GALLUP, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2461KPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791005032049A
- Case key
- 132848
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3857 79/10/5 GALLUP,NM PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 47 TOTAL TIME - 1635 N2461K PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 43 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLARKE FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GALLUP,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2461K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clarke Field
N2461KRegistration cancelled Jun 27, 2012 · Piper PA-38-112Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112Engine modelLycoming 0-235 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.