Piper PA-25 N4746Y
15 March 1973 · Mesquite, New Mexico, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 15 March 1973 at about 21:40 local time, a Piper PA-25 registered N4746Y, operated by Odus Jack Sava, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Mesquite, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 21:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Mesquite, New Mexico, United States
- Nearest airport
- Mesquite
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-25
- Registration
- N4746Y
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Odus Jack Sava
- Operating rule
- Aerial Applicator
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-0451
People
1 person had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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
PLT REPTD DRINKING, UNAUTHORIZED FLT.MISTOOK TRAILER LTS FOR CAR LTS AT RWY END.HIT COTTON PICKER.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Aug 1973 | Piper PA-25 | Wharton, Texas, United States | Agway Services | Fatal | 1 |
| 12 May 1973 | Piper PA-25 | Meade, Kansas, United States | Bringham Fly S | Serious injuries | - |
| 29 May 1973 | Piper PA-25 | Salix, Iowa, United States | James P Welte | Serious injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1973 | Piper PA-25 | Bairdstown, Georgia, United States | West Memphis A | No injuries | - |
| 27 Aug 1973 | Piper PA-25 | Parksley, Virginia, United States | Beilers Crop S | No injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 1973 | Piper PA-25 | Trinity, Alabama, United States | Tennessee Vall | Fatal | 1 |
All 1,925 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 1973 | Cessna 150J | No.olmstead, Ohio, United States | Ortner Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180 | Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1973 | Cessna 210H | Flagler Beach, Florida, United States | Asphalt Produc | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172 | Bristol, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 1973 | Cessna 150F | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1973 | Lake LA-4 | Key West, Florida, United States | US Dept of INT | No injuries | - |