Piper PA-16 N5655H

26 September 1965 · Carlsbad N Mex, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 September 1965 at about 08:00 local time, a Piper PA-16 registered N5655H was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Carlsbad N Mex, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 26 September 1965 at 08:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Carlsbad N Mex, New Mexico, United States
Nearest airport: Car
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-16
Registration: N5655H
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Taxi
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2828

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

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COLLIDED WITH FUEL TANK FILLER BOX.

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No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2828, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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