- Date
- November 16, 1966
- Place
- Maricopa, AZ · MARICOPA, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6507WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120172
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3566 66/11/16 MARICOPA ARIZ PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 6500 TIME - 2230 N6507W PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARICOPA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MISJUDGED POSITION RELATIVE TO KNOWN WIRES WHILE ATTEMPTING NIGHT LANDING ON UNLIGHTED AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6507W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Maricopa
N6507WRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N6507W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.