- Date
- January 25, 1974
- Place
- Carefree, AZ · CAREFREE, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N15441Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740125026159A
- Case key
- 186681
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1711 74/1/25 CAREFREE,ARIZ PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 135 TIME - 2030 N15441 PX- 3 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,ARIZ LAS VEGAS,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- L WING PANEL SEP AT BUTT LINE STA BL-22.VERT & HOR STAB SEPRTD.ACFT RCVRD 1/27/74.FLT PHASE UNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15441
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.