# Accident 20100530035459A: Cessna 172D, Las Cruces, NM, May 30, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2010, 15:00 local time
- Place: Las Cruces, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2869° N, 106.9197° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2869&lon=-106.9197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2723U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2723U-2012-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 31,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA282) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100530035459A

## Narrative

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

AT 1500 MDT ON MAY 30, 2010, N2723U, A CESSNA 172, CRASHED ON AIRPORT PROPERTY AT THE LAS CRUCES, NM AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED ON A LOCAL SIGHT  SEEING FLIGHT WITH A PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS.  SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND LANDED IN A CONSTRUCTION AREA THAT WAS RECENTLY USED FOR RUNWAY RESURFACING.  THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND BOTH PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 CEN10LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA282), May 30, 2010: Cessna 172 (N2723U), Las Cruces, NM, destroyed. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of water contamination in the fuel, and the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection. Contributing the accident was an inoperative number 5…

## Other reports on N2723U (1)

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

- [Incident 19791110055009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791110055009I), Nov 10, 1979: Cessna 172N (N2723U), Orchard Park, NY, Minor damage. While landing in gusty winds, pilot veered left off runway, hit tetrahedron, continued back on runway.

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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