- Date
- July 12, 1964
- Place
- Tijeras, NM · TIJERAS, NM
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8339PPiper PA24
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183669
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0477 64/7/12 TIJERAS N MEX PIPER PA24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 470 TIME - 1003 N8339P PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 7500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 3 MILES OR LESS IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING SERVICE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8339P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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