- Date
- July 19, 1964
- Place
- Orovada, NV · OROVADA, NV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3794PPiper PA18
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183711
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1007 64/7/19 NR.OROVADA NEVADA PIPER PA18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AGE 27, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT TIME - 1325 N3794P PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS RATED. DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-DID NOT OBTAIN ADE ALT BEFORE ENTRY MT PASS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- RESING TERRAIN EXCEEDED A/C PERFORMANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3794P
- Reported as
- Piper PA18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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