- Date
- January 31, 1966
- Place
- El Paso, TX · EL PASO, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6492PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172753
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1245 66/1/31 EL PASO TEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 60, 3380 TIME - 1930 N6492P PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 950 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL PASO INTL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: ISSUED IMPROPER OR CONFLICTING INSTRUCTIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: TAXIWAY LIGHTING AND MARKING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION 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 BLOWING DUST 45 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 32 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- PILOT WAS DIRECTED TO TAXI ON UNLIGHTED TAXIWAY.STRUCK UNLIGHTED TAXIWAY MARKER SIGN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6492P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Paso Intl