Piper PA-12 N3780M

12 May 1966 · Roswell N Mex, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 12 May 1966 at about 15:00 local time, a Piper PA-12 registered N3780M, operated by Airlane Aviati, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Roswell N Mex, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 12 May 1966 at 15:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Roswell N Mex, New Mexico, United States
Nearest airport: Roswell Municipal
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-12
Registration: N3780M
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Airlane Aviati
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1022

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

LANDING GEAR STRUCK BUSH AND WAS DAMAGED DURING TAKE OFF FROM RANCH STRIP.COLLAPSED ON LANDING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Where

Approximate

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33.3944, -104.5249
Approximate. The NTSB did not record coordinates, so this marker sits at the centre of Roswell N Mex, New Mexico, United States, not at the accident site. How this is worked out.

Source

NTSB record 3-1022, 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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