# Accident 19970507008489A: Cessna 172N, Las Cruces, NM, May 7, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1997, 19:30 local time
- Place: Las Cruces, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3123° N, 106.7783° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Cruces, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3123&lon=-106.7783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733WJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733WJ-2017-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA180) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970507008489A

## Narrative

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

LOST PARTIAL POWER. NOSED OVER LANDING THROTTLE ARM DISCONNECTED. COTTER PIN AND NUT MISSING. SHAFT RECENT REPAIR. (-23) ON MAY 6, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 1915 MDT, A CESSNA 172N, N733WJ, OWNED BY TRACY WINSLOW, CRASHED DURING A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE ATP (SUSPENDED) PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN BOULDER CITY, NV ON MAY 6, 1997 IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

## 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 FTW97LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA180), May 7, 1997: Cessna 172N (N733WJ), Las Cruces, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper installation of the throttle arm castellated nut, which resulted in a partial loss of power. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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