# Accident 20051213028919A: Cessna 172S, Pinon, NM, December 13, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2005, 18:29 local time
- Place: Pinon, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5908° N, 105.2092° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5908&lon=-105.2092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1257Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1257Z-2012-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 89 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051213028919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 13, 2005, AT 1829 MST, A CESSNA 172S, N1257Z, REGISTERED TO GREAT SOUTHWEST AVIATION, INC., IMPACTED THE GROUND AFTER AN ATTEMPTED OFF-AIRPORT LANDING NEAR PINON, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND WHILE NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING WAS BEING UTILIZED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT EL PASO, TEXAS ON DECEMBER 13, 2005, AT 1755 MST.

## 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 DEN06FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06FA023), Dec 14, 2005: Cessna 172S (N1257Z), Pinon, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane for undetermined reasons.

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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