# Accident 20160610010189A: Cessna 172S, Deming, NM, June 10, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2016, 15:20 local time
- Place: Deming, NM
- Airport: Deming Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2625° N, 107.7189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2625&lon=-107.7189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21767, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21767-2020-10-31) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total, 206 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA228) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160610010189A

## Narrative

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

ON 6/10/2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1520 MDT A CESSNA 172S AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N21767, REGISTERED TO AIR AMERICA IMAGING, LLC IMPACTED TERRAIN AT THE DEMING AIRPORT (KDMN).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A CFR PART 91 REPOSITIONING FLIGHT FROM KBFI TO KDAB. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, AND THE TWO COMMERCIAL PILOTS SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LAKE HAVASU CITY AIRPORT (KHII) ON 06/10/2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 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 CEN16LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA228), Jun 10, 2016: Cessna 172S (N21767), Deming, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots’ failure to maintain adequate control of the airplane during the initial climb after takeoff, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall…

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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