- Date
- August 26, 1969
- Place
- Marble Cnon, AZ · MARBLE CNON, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6408PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160792
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3650 69/8/26 MARBLE CNON,ARIZ PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1315 N6408P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 44, 4750 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 389 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLIFF DWELLERS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARBLE CNON,ARIZ PAGE,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 105 230 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- OAT 105DEG F, DENSITY ALT APRX 8500FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6408P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cliff Dwellers
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Other investigations on N6408P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB SEA92LA031Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMissoula, MTThe pilot's poor in-flight decision, failure to perform a missed approach, and improper altitude. Factors include poor preflight planning/preparation, and weather conditions below approach minimums.NTSB LAX66D0248Accident · No injuriesClosedBoulder City, CO