- Date
- February 5, 1979
- Place
- Morman Lake, AZ · MORMAN LAKE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4100WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790205002319A
- Case key
- 137930
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0265 79/2/5 MORMAN LAKE,AZ PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 1431 TIME - 1545 N4100W PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 351 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRESCOTT,AZ MORMAN LAKE,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- LOW PASS OVER FROZEN LAKE WITH ABOUT 2 FT SNOW.NOSE GEAR HIT SNOW,ACFT FLIPPED OVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4100W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4100W · 1
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