# Accident 19750506010239A: Cessna 170B, Playas, NM, May 6, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1975
- Place: Playas, NM
- Airport: Playas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 31.9126° N, 108.5363° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Playas, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9126&lon=-108.5363&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1489D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1489D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,622 total, 31 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN75DQD21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75DQD21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750506010239A

## Narrative

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

IP DEMONSTRATED X-WIND LDG. GUSTING TO 20K.

## 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 DEN75DQD21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75DQD21), May 6, 1975: Cessna 170 (N1489D), Playas, NM, substantial 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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