Piper PA-32 N3249W
11 April 1970 · Cloudcroft, New Mexico, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 11 April 1970 at about 17:30 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N3249W, operated by Alamo Airways, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Cloudcroft, New Mexico, United States. 5 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
- at 17:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Cloudcroft, New Mexico, United States
- Nearest airport
- Timberon
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32
- Registration
- N3249W
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Alamo Airways
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- S → El Paso, Tex
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0152
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
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
DENSITY ALT APRXLY 8000 FT. GUSTS TO 20K.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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