# Accident 20220514006229A: Cessna 140, Estancia, NM, May 14, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2022, 09:30 local time
- Place: Estancia, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7549° N, 106.0626° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7549&lon=-106.0626&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76190, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76190) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,890 total, 55 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220514006229A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 WPR22LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA178), May 14, 2022: Cessna 140 (N76190), Estancia, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to land on an unsuitable surface which resulted in his loss of aircraft control.

## Other reports on N76190 (1)

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

- [Accident 20000219010749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000219010749A), Feb 19, 2000: Cessna 140 (N76190), Weir, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On feb. 19, 2000, at 1530 hours, a Cessna 140, N76190, owned and operated by[privacy data omitted]struck terrain during an aborted take off. VFR flight…

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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