# NTSB DEN68A0049: Cessna 182, N5092D, Orogrande, NM, April 23, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 23, 1968
- Place: Orogrande, NM · OROGRANDE, NM
- Location: 32.3893° N, 106.1085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orogrande, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3893&lon=-106.1085&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 9, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110900
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN68A0049
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN68A0049

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1300  68/4/23    OROGRANDE,N MEX     CESSNA 182          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 43,
        TIME - 1127                    N5092D              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  450 TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  LANDING: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
        REMARKS- CRASHED ON MT SIDE.PLT AND MED CERT SUSPENDED.UNDER INFLUENCE OF JUDGMENT IMPAIRING MEDICATION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5092D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5092D-1968-06-17), registration cancelled 1968-06-17, S/N 51192 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

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