- Date
- March 24, 1971
- Place
- Nipton, CA · NIPTON, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7485RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160448
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1097 71/3/24 NIPTON,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1830 N7485R PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 32, 1430 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 958 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALM SPRINGS,CALIF LAS VEGAS,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT STATED HIT TREE DRG EMERG LDG IN DESERT.CKD DMG,RESTARTED ENG,CONT FLT TO DEST WITH DMGD ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7485R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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