- Date
- May 10, 1966
- Place
- Las Cruces, NM · LAS CRUCES, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1930NCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171715
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1282 66/5/10 LAS CRUCES N MEX CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 471 TIME - 1400 N1930N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 220 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAS CRUCES MUNCPL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- PILOT MISSREAD WIND INDICATOR.WAS UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH UNICOM,NO REASON GIVEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1930N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Las Cruces Muncpl
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