- Date
- April 27, 1977
- Place
- American Falls, ID · AMERICAN FALLS, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N27206Porterfield LP65
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147527
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1379 77/4/27 AMERICAN FALLS,ID PORTERFIELD LP65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 1630 TIME - 1500 N27206 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMERICAN FALLS,ID LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 2 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK FARM MACHINERY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27206
- Reported as
- Porterfield LP65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N27206Registered now · Porterfield LP-65Airframe modelPorterfield LP-65Engine modelLycoming 0-145B series
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