# Accident 19851010076519A: Cessna STC175, Jal, NM, October 10, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1985, 22:00 local time
- Place: Jal, NM
- Airport: Lea Co Jal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1106° N, 103.1810° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1106&lon=-103.1810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6959E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6959E-2012-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175A (registry code 2072504, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC175
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 229 total, 10 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN86FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851010076519A

## Narrative

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

DESCENDED TOO LOW ON TURN TO FINAL AND IMPACTED GROUND. WAS GETTING NIGHT CURRENCY ON A DARK, FOGGY NIGHT.

## 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 DEN86FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA008), Oct 11, 1985: Cessna 175A (N6959E), Jal, NM, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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