- Date
- June 10, 1981
- Place
- Pecos, NM · PECOS, NM
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8399ZPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810610032239A
- Case key
- 125703
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1357 81/6/10 NR.PECOS,NM PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1800 N8399Z PX- 0 1 0 FERRY AGE 48, 6566 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LUBBOCK,TX SANTA FE,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 91 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT OBSD DEPG UP CANYON W RISING TRRN AFTER LOW PASS OVR HOUSE.D/A 10400FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8399Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.