# Accident 19911216059059A: Cessna 182, Santa Teresa, NM, December 16, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1991, 05:40 local time
- Place: Santa Teresa, NM
- Airport: Santa Teresa Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8393° N, 106.6809° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8393&lon=-106.6809&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5530B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5530B-2013-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT O470K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW92FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911216059059A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INVERTED ON CLIMBOUT. NO GROUND LIGHTS. VFR PILOT. HIGH LEVEL CARBON MONOXIDE IN SYSTEM.

## 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 FTW92FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92FA048), Dec 16, 1991: Cessna 182 (N5530B), Santa Teresa, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. FACTORS WERE THE DARK NIGHT, PILOT'S APPREHENSION, PILOT'S LACK OF INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE, SPATIAL DISORIENTATION, POOR INSTRUMENT LOCATION, VISUAL PERCEPTION…

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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