- Date
- August 1, 1967
- Place
- Soda Springs, ID · SODA SPRINGS, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7049RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114740
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3548 67/8/1 SODA SPRINGS,ID PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 32 TOTAL TIME - 1950 N7049R PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SODA SPRINGS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 70 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT INTENTIONALLY GROUND LOOPED TO AVOID DITCH. ACFT STRUCK BOULDER. DENSITY ALT 7700 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7049R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Soda Springs
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Other investigations on N7049R · 2
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