# Accident 19830717033159A: Cessna 172, Rutheron, NM, July 17, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1983, 08:15 local time
- Place: Rutheron, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7186° N, 106.6117° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rutheron, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7186&lon=-106.6117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8198B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 718 total, 489 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW83LA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA336) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830717033159A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLIMB AFTER LOW PASS DROPPING EQUIPMENT AT DRILLING SITE. DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS A FACTOR.

## 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 FTW83LA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA336), Jul 17, 1983: Cessna 172 (N8198B), Rutheron, 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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