# Accident 19790513008959A: Cessna 182C, Deming, NM, May 13, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1979, 11:35 local time
- Place: Deming, NM
- Airport: Deming
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2624° N, 107.7190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEMING MUNI (DMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2624&lon=-107.7190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8890T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8890T-2014-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 9 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FQD08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FQD08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790513008959A

## Narrative

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

NUMBER ONE CYLINDER PISTON AND ROD HAD DISINTEGRATED. NO EVIDENCE OF EXCESSIVE HEAT.

## 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 DEN79FQD08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FQD08), May 13, 1979: Cessna 182 (N8890T), Deming, 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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