ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 360649
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Date: | Friday 1 April 1994 |
Time: | 15:54 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-24-260 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N8961P |
MSN: | 24-4418 |
Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4293 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING IO-540-D4A5 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Roswell, NM -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Brownsville, TX (BRO |
Destination airport: | Albuquerque, NM |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:FLIGHT WAS EN ROUTE AT 10,000 FEET MSL WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS WHEN THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED 'SEVERE DOWNDRAFTS' AND THE AIRPLANE ENTERED AN UNCONTROLLED ALTITUDE DEVIATION AND DESCENT. THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY EXCEED THE NEVER EXCEED SPEED. AIRPLANE CONTROL WAS RECOVERED AT 4,400 FEET MSL. THE PILOT REPORTED THE AIR WAS 'RELATIVELY SMOOTH WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS AND NO OBVIOUS WARNING SIGNS.' HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS WERE BENT DOWNWARD.
Probable Cause: THE LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW94LA117 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 7 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW94LA117
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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