- Date
- August 19, 1981
- Place
- Clovis, NM · CLOVIS, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2426VPiper PA-36
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810819050559A
- Case key
- 125077
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1734 81/8/19 CLOVIS,NM PIPER PA-36 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0730 N2426V PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 34, 3300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HILLCREST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLOVIS,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 NONE 76 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 2 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - OTHER KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 4200 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND REMARKS- D/A APRX 6400FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2426V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hillcrest
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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.