Piper PA-12 N98971

28 August 1971 · Taos, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 28 August 1971 at about 10:45 local time, a Piper PA-12 registered N98971, operated by Taos Skies, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Taos, 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: 28 August 1971 at 10:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Taos, New Mexico, United States
Nearest airport: Miller-Kachina
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-12
Registration: N98971
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Taos Skies
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3230

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

L RUDDER CABLE SEPARATED FROM RUDDER PEDAL BECAUSE ATTACH BOLT HAD NOT BEEN SAFETIED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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 3-3230, 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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