# Accident 20210502007299A: Cessna 172, Cuba, NM, May 2, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2021, 15:45 local time
- Place: Cuba, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0222° N, 106.9584° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0222&lon=-106.9584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9127B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9127B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,757 total, 2,879 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA180) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210502007299A

## Narrative

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

ON 02 MAY 2021, AT 1545 MDT, A 1958 CESSNA 172, N9127B,  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS UPSET BY A SUDDEN "DUST DEVIL" ON ITS TAKEOFF ROLL ON THE DIRT RUNWAY AT NM2 AIRPORT NEAR CUBA, NM, AND DROPPED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY . VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE FAA CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 WPR21LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA180), May 2, 2021: Cessna 172 (N9127B), Cuba, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain lateral control during takeoff after an encounter with a gusting wind, which resulted in a wing strike.

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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