- Date
- May 21, 1971
- Place
- Roosevelt, AZ · ROOSEVELT, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9145PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162332
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2879 71/5/21 NR.ROOSEVELT,ARIZ PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 3500 TIME - 1530 N9145P PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 900 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MESA,ARIZ SHOW LOW,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS BLOWING DUST VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TOOK OFF INTO KNOWN COND OF HIGH GUSTY WINDS AND DUST STORM.RECOVERY DATE 5/23/71,AT FOOT OF MTN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9145P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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