- Date
- March 24, 1975
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9AZPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750324006209A
- Case key
- 147801
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0477 75/3/24 NR.TUCSON,AZ PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 225 TIME - 0745 N9AZ PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUCSON,AZ PHOENIX,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- LNDD ON NARROW DIRT RD WITH SOFT SHOULDER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9AZ
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.
Other investigations on N9AZ · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX86LA001Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportVan Nuys, CAThe plt stated that after takeoff he climbed to 1800 ft MSL (aprx 1000 ft above ground level) and entered a left turn. The eng failed in the turn an he selected a dry flood control basin on which to land. The acft's airspeed was slow on landing and the…NTSB LAX770A001Accident · No injuriesClosedSanta Clara, Mexico