What happened
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On may 14, 2022, at 0930 MDT, N76190, a Cessna aircraft company model CE-140, single engine airplane,privacy data omitted was on a personal cross country flight from mid valley airpark, los lunas, new Mexico to Estancia municipal airport, Estancia, new Mexico under visual flight rules when it attempted to make an off airport touch and go landing on a dry lakebed impacted the ground at a low speed and low rate of descent. No flight plan was filed. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the commercial pilot was uninjured. The flight originated at los lunas, new Mexico, on may 14, 2022, at 0900 MDT.
After the aircraft touchdown on the dry lakebed the pilot applied power to take off then encountered very soft mud and then the aircraft began to sink, rapidly decelerate and flip over nose first into the mud. In the investigating inspectors opinion, the commercial pilot?s aeronautical decision making failed to mitigate the hazard that was encountered with making an off airport landing.
As the FAA filed it
ON MAY 14, 2022, AT 0930 MDT, N76190, A CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY MODEL CE-140, SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON A PERSONAL CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM MID VALLEY AIRPARK, LOS LUNAS, NEW MEXICO TO ESTANCIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, ESTANCIA, NEW MEXICO UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES WHEN IT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE AN OFF AIRPORT TOUCH AND GO LANDING ON A DRY LAKEBED IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A LOW SPEED AND LOW RATE OF DESCENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LOS LUNAS, NEW MEXICO, ON MAY 14, 2022, AT 0900 MDT.
AFTER THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHDOWN ON THE DRY LAKEBED THE PILOT APPLIED POWER TO TAKE OFF THEN ENCOUNTERED VERY SOFT MUD AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SINK, RAPIDLY DECELERATE AND FLIP OVER NOSE FIRST INTO THE MUD. IN THE INVESTIGATING INSPECTORS OPINION, THE COMMERCIAL PILOT?S AERONAUTICAL DECISION MAKING FAILED TO MITIGATE THE HAZARD THAT WAS ENCOUNTERED WITH MAKING AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING.
NTSB investigation
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