# Accident 20081029851059A: Cessna 175, Mount Dora, NM, October 29, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2008, 15:30 local time
- Place: Mount Dora, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5436° N, 103.4592° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5436&lon=-103.4592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N175JG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N175JG-2009-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Reported engine: CONT GO300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,300 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081029851059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LIVED IN AREA MOST OF HIS LIFE AND OWNED A RANCH A FEW MILES FROM ACCIDENT POINT ON MOUNT DORA.  MT DORA IS APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET HIGHER THAN SURROUNDING LOW GROUND, AND RISES GRADUALLY UNTIL NEAR THE TOP.  PILOT FLEW ABOUT ONCE A WEEK IN AREA SURVEYING HIS RANCH.  WEATHER AT CLAYTON NM (CAO) UPON DEPARTURE WAS VRB 6KT 10SM CLR.  WEATHER AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT LESS THAN AN HOUR LATER WAS 180 13 G 18KT 10 SM CLR.  ALTIMETER SETTING AT TIME WAS 30.20 ALTIMETER SETTING FOUND ON ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT ALTIMETER WAS 30.30.  AIRCRAFT HEADING UPON INITIAL IMPACT WITH MT DORA WAS 174 DEGREES AT THE 6277 FOOT LEVEL WHICH IS ABOUT 30 FEET FROM TOP.  WITH HIGH WIND FROM SOUTH, THERE WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIAL DOWNDRAFT ON NORTH SIDE OF MOUNT DORA.

## 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 CEN09FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA043), Oct 29, 2008: Cessna 175 (N175JG), Mt. Dora, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from rising terrain 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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