- Date
- September 6, 1972
- Place
- Idyllwild, CA · IDYLLWILD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4166MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168229
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3707 72/9/6 IDYLLWILD,CALIF PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 405 TIME - 0605 N4166M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 133 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALOMAR,CALIF RUBIDOUX,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- UNCONTROLLED DESCENT THRU CLOUD.ON RECOVERY MADE EMERG LNDG ON DIRT RD. WING TIP CAUGHT BRUSH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4166M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palm Springs
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Other investigations on N4166M · 1
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