19880929046349A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Questa, NM · September 29, 1988

Date
September 29, 1988 · 13:30 local
Place
Questa, NM
Airport
Questa Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8517B
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN88LA209
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental O300A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
191 total191 in this make and model57 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Unable to outclimb rising terrain on takeoff. Struck a ridge and ground looped. Marijuana found in aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN ON TAKEOFF. STRUCK A RIDGE AND GROUND LOOPED. MARIJUANA FOUND IN AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.