- Date
- May 21, 1970
- Place
- El Paso, TX · EL PASO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7865PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 123186
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2201 70/5/21 EL PASO,TEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 1744 TIME - 1730 N7865P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 883 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,ARIZ EL PASO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - SMOKE IN COCKPIT AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BURNED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SMOKE IN COCKPIT REMARKS- MALFUNCTION-LDG GR WARN HORN,PART NR 319,COIL BURNED,CAUSE UNDTRMD.PLT SAID UN USE EMERG GR EXTN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7865P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7865PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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