- Date
- March 14, 1968
- Place
- Trinidad, WN · TRINIDAD, West Indies
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6611ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110635
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0001 68/3/14 TRINIDAD,W.INDIES PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 858 TIME - 1645 N6611Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 255 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: RETURN TO STRIP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- STRUCK RAILROAD BARRIER. INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED BY GOVT OF TRINIDAD. WATER DROP ON SUGAR CANE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6611Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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