Plane Crash List

Piper PA-24-260 N8961P

1 April 1994 · Roswell, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 1 April 1994 at about 19:54 local time, a Piper PA-24-260 registered N8961P, operated by Gilcrist, Robert P., was involved in an accident near Roswell, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 19:54
Classification
Accident
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States
Coordinates
33.6399, -104.3794
Aircraft
Piper PA-24-260
Registration
N8961P
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Gilcrist, Robert P.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Brownsville → Albuquerque
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW94LA117

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

THE LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

FLIGHT WAS EN ROUTE AT 10,000 FEET MSL WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS WHEN THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED 'SEVERE DOWNDRAFTS' AND THE AIRPLANE ENTERED AN UNCONTROLLED ALTITUDE DEVIATION AND DESCENT. THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY EXCEED THE NEVER EXCEED SPEED. AIRPLANE CONTROL WAS RECOVERED AT 4,400 FEET MSL. THE PILOT REPORTED THE AIR WAS 'RELATIVELY SMOOTH WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS AND NO OBVIOUS WARNING SIGNS.' HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS WERE BENT DOWNWARD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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