- Date
- April 11, 1970
- Place
- Wilkins, NV · WILKINS, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N95049Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 128733
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1712 70/4/11 WILKINS,NEV PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N95049 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 31, 421 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 139 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOISE,ID LAS VEGAS,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYPOXIA WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 32 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 40 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- ALT OVR PLANNED RTE RQRD OXY.UN MNTN VFR ON TOP.DSNDD THRU HOLE INTO VALLEY SURROUNDED BY MTNS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95049
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N95049Registration cancelled Apr 10, 2002 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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