- Date
- November 15, 1974
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55245Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741115043989A
- Case key
- 144858
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4271 74/11/15 NR.LAS VEGAS,NEV PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 800 TIME - UNK/NR N55245 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALM SPRINGS,CALIF LAS VEGAS,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 1/27/75.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55245
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.