Piper PA-16 N5753H

Summary

On 19 August 1987 at about 14:50 local time, a Piper PA-16 registered N5753H, operated by Kynn R. Davis, was involved in an accident near Ehrenberg, Arizona, 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.

Date

19 August 1987 at 14:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Ehrenberg, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

33.5205, -114.5197

Aircraft

Piper PA-16

Registration

N5753H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Kynn R. Davis

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Buckeye → Blythe

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX87LA308

Nobody was injured.

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

WHILE ON A X-COUNTRY FLT, THE STUDENT PLT ELECTED TO LAND ON A ROAD APRX 12 MI SHORT OF HIS DESTN TO 'CHECK ON A JOB.' HE SAID HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE ROAD & DECIDED TO MAKE A STRAIGHT-IN APCH W/O FIRST FLYING OVER IT TO LOOK FOR OBSTRUCTIONS. AFTER MAKING AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING, THE STUDENT SAW A ROAD SIGN AHEAD; HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE THE LEFT WING TIP HIT THE SIGN. THE ACFT THEN VEERED TO THE LEFT & HIT A PILE OF BROKEN CONCRETE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.