# Accident 19730328005759A: Cessna U206C, Las Cruces, NM, March 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1973
- Place: Las Cruces, NM
- Airport: Las Cruces Municipal
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 32.2894° N, 106.9220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAS CRUCES INTL (LRU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2894&lon=-106.9220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29053, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29053-2012-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206C (registry code 2073332, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,035 total, 210 in this make and model, 267 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN73AD044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730328005759A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PLT PULLED PROP THRU,HAD LEFT MAG SWITCH ON INADVERTENTLY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN73AD044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD044), Mar 28, 1973: Cessna U206 (N29053), Las Cruces, NM, no damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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