# Accident 19790313025849A: Cessna 340CESSNA, Angel Fire, NM, March 13, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1979, 10:45 local time
- Place: Angel Fire, NM
- Airport: Angel Fire
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4220° N, 105.2899° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANGEL FIRE (AXX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4220&lon=-105.2899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5163J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5163J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 130 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FQA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FQA21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790313025849A

## Narrative

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

ACFT VEERED OFF SIDE RUNWAY ON LNDG ROLL. FOUND STRUT TORQUE LINKS BROKEN BY STRESS. PSBL CRAB LNDG DUE TO CROSSWND

## 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 DEN79FQA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FQA21), Mar 13, 1979: Cessna 340 (N5163J), Angel Fire, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5163J (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19860604029859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860604029859I), Jun 4, 1986: Cessna 340CESSNA (N5163J), Macon, GA, Minor damage. Left main gear collapsed on landing. Cause undetermined as yet.
- [Accident 19791101031249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791101031249A), Nov 1, 1979: Cessna 340CESSNA (N5163J), Katy, TX, Substantial damage. Landed in rice paddy. Reported control defects, engine out. Found right main tank empty. No control/engine defects

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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