# Accident 19750208001799A: Cessna 180, Ruidoso, NM, February 8, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1975
- Place: Ruidoso, NM
- Airport: Ruidoso
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 33.3495° N, 105.6688° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ruidoso, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3495&lon=-105.6688&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2996A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2996A-1975-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN75FQA31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75FQA31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750208001799A

## Narrative

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

REAR SEAT BELTS NOT INSTALLED.LDG COND INFO BY UNICOM.WIND VARIABLE TO 240DEG,GUSTS TO 40K.

## 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 DEN75FQA31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75FQA31), Feb 8, 1975: Cessna 180 (N2996A), Ruidoso, NM, destroyed

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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