# Accident 20110805016099A: Cessna 182S, Las Cruces, NM, August 5, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2011, 16:00 local time
- Place: Las Cruces, NM
- Airport: Las Cruces International Airpo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2892° N, 106.9219° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2892&lon=-106.9219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N493JL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N493JL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182S (registry code 2072701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1A (registry code 41818, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-A1A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA560](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA560) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110805016099A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 05, 2011, AT 1600MST, A CESSNA 182S, N493JL, REGISTERED TO PHOENIX FLIYERS INC., EXPERIENCED A COLAPSED NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER STRIKE ON TAKEOFF AT LAS CRUCES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO, WHILE TRAVELING TO PHOENIX, ARIZONA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CERTIFICATED PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CARLESBAD, NEW MEXICO ON AUGUST 5, 2011 AT 10:00 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 CEN11CA560](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA560), Aug 5, 2011: Cessna 182S (N493JL), Los Cruces, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of aircraft control due to insufficient aircraft performance during takeoff, with a heavy gross weight and a high density altitude.

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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