# Accident 20041001026819A: Cessna A185F, Santa Fe, NM, October 1, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2004, 16:23 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe County Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6167° N, 106.0883° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6167&lon=-106.0883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N714MX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N714MX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 15 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05CA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041001026819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 1, 2004, AT 1623 MDT, A CESSNA 185F, N714MX, REGISTERED TO DAVID GROENEVELD, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE RIGHT WING, RIGHT WING TIP AND RIGHT ELEVATOR HIT THE RUNWAY DURING GROUND TAXI AT SANTA FE AIRPORT, SANTA FE, NM. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, ON OCTOBER 1, 2004.

## 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 DEN05CA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA001), Oct 1, 2004: Cessna 185F (N714MX), Santa Fe, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing roll resulting in a ground loop. Contributing to the accident was the crosswind.

## Other reports on N714MX (1)

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

- [Accident 19950317010019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950317010019A), Mar 17, 1995: Cessna A185F (N714MX), Baudette, MN, Substantial damage. Narrative: during taxi for takeoff, FAR135, revenue flight -3 pax -aircraft wheel dropped into expansion crack on lake-of-the-woods. Main gear, l wing, prop &…

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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