- Date
- July 9, 1966
- Place
- Muleshoe, TX · MULESHOE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6516ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170935
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1872 66/7/9 NR.MULESHOE TEX PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 2000 TIME - 1145 N6516Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STALLINGS STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAXI: FROM LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- TALL CORN ALONGSIDE AIRSTRIP-6FT WINGTIP CLEARANCE.PILOT SAID HE TURNED TO AVOID A DIRT MOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6516Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stallings Strip
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.