- Date
- February 22, 1968
- Place
- Del Rio, TX · DEL RIO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4260ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111938
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0423 68/2/22 DEL RIO,TEX PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 14500 TIME - 1630 N4260Z PX- 0 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 8500 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- STRUCK PHONE WIRES ABOVE RIVER WHILE LOOKING AT PERSON ON GROUND. U.S.BORDER PATROL FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4260Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed