Piper PA-14 N5122H

Summary

On 28 April 1985 at about 20:30 local time, a Piper PA-14 registered N5122H was involved in an accident near Bliss, Idaho, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 April 1985 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Bliss, Idaho, United States

Coordinates

42.9894, -114.9494

Aircraft

Piper PA-14

Registration

N5122H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gooding → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA85FA100

1 person died.

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

THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED BY WITNESSES TO CLIMB OUT AT A STEEP ANGLE & SLOW AIRSPEED AFTER THE 3RD TOUCH & GO BEFORE PERFORMING A WINGOVER LIKE MANEUVER & CRASHING IN THE X-WIND TURN. THE PAX REPORTED THE PLT EXECUTING A STEEP LEFT TURN BEFORE THE ACFT BEGAN A SMOOTH RAPID DESCENT. THE FLAPS WERE FOUND RETRACTED. THE PLT REPORTED HAVING FLOWN FOR THE PREVIOUS 10 YEARS BUT POSSESSED ONLY A STUDENT PLT CERTIFICATE. HE ALSO REPORTED UNFAMILIARITY WITH THE COCKPIT ERGONOMICS OF THE PA-14 AS COMPARED TO THE PA-18 WHICH HE HAD BEEN FLYING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.