- Date
- October 4, 1973
- Place
- Tacna, AZ · TACNA, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4265ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 188374
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3094 73/10/4 TACNA,ARIZ PIPER PA-18 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1230 N4265Z PX- 0 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC 50, 13260 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 881 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TACNA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP YUMA,ARIZ RETURN TACNA,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- BORDER SURVEILLANCE LOW ALT FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4265Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tacna
N4265ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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