# Accident 20031101035499A: Cessna 172R, Cloudcroft, NM, November 1, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2003, 11:55 local time
- Place: Cloudcroft, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9761° N, 105.7386° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9761&lon=-105.7386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9864F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9864F-2004-12-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 933 total, 386 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031101035499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 1, 2003 AT 1155 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA MODEL 172R, (9864F), REGISTERED TO, AND OPERATED BY, HESSTON COLLEGE, 301 SOUTH MAIN STREET, HESSTON, KS 67602; WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TREES IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF CLOUDCROFT, NM. THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND HIS PRIVATE PILOT STUDENT SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES, WHILE THE PRIVATE PILOT STUDENT/PASSENGER (IN THE REAR SEAT) RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE "MOUNTAIN FLYING" TRAINING FLIGHT THAT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AND HAD DEPARTED LAS CRUCES, NM (LRU) ENROUTE TO ROSWELL, NM (ROW).

## 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 DEN04LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA017), Nov 1, 2003: Cessna 172R (N9864F), Cloudcroft, NM, destroyed. Probable cause: the dual student's failure to maintain clearance from the terrain. Also causal was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision. Low altitude flight and rising terrain are contributing factors.

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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