- Date
- December 19, 1980
- Place
- Wickenburg, AZ · WICKENBURG, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2595DPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801219076489A
- Case key
- 127627
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3570 80/12/19 NR.WICKENBURG,AZ PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 460 TIME - 1100 N2595D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 68 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FOREPAUGH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICKENBURG,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- COLLIDED W BRUSH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2595D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Forepaugh
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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.