- Date
- May 31, 1964
- Place
- Carlsbad, NM · CARLSBAD, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2816MPiper PA12
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183665
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0473 64/5/31 CARLSBAD N MEX PIPER PA12 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 70, 5000 TIME - 0710 N2816M PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT MAY HAVE DIED OF HEARTATTACK-POST MORTEM EXAMINATION WAS INCONCLUSIVE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2816M
- Reported as
- Piper PA12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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