- Date
- May 22, 1975
- Place
- Chinle, AZ · CHINLE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N32670Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750522014189A
- Case key
- 148376
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1108 75/5/22 CHINLE,AZ PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1025 N32670 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 29, 2281 TOTAL HOURS, 493 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHINLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINDOW ROCK,AZ CHINLE,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING DUST 50 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- PLT OBS PARKED ACFT,HIT POLE. GUSTING TO 35K,BLOWING DUST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32670
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chinle
FAA reports on this event · 1
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