# Incident 19971215043059I: Cessna 340CESSNA, Taos, NM, December 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1997, 17:15 local time
- Place: Taos, NM
- Airport: Taos Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4517° N, 105.6731° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAOS RGNL (SKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4517&lon=-105.6731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69456, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69456-2013-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,105 total, 600 in this make and model, 162 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971215043059I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 12/15/97 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:15 PM MDT, A CESSNA 340, (N69456) WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM DURANGO, CO TO ABILENE, TX. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED NEAR TAOS, NM DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. THE GPS WENT OFF-LINE AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER A WISP OF SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE PANEL AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED. THE SMOKE QUICKLY DISSIPATED BUT THE PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT TAOS, NM WITHOUT INCIDENT OR INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO THE LORONIX INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. MR. SINGLETON HOLDS AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE #460781790.

## Other reports on N69456 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19830803052089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830803052089I), Aug 3, 1983: Cessna 340CESSNA (N69456), Oklahoma City, OK, Minor damage. Right main gear failed on the landing rollout. The bell crank had failed allowing the gear to collapse. Pn 50410016

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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