# NTSB DEN68D0220: Cessna 175, N9258B, Vaughn, NM, March 16, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 16, 1968
- Place: Vaughn, NM · VAUGHN, NM
- Location: 34.6072° N, 105.2126° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vaughn, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6072&lon=-105.2126&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 3, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111643
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN68D0220
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN68D0220

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0498  68/3/16    VAUGHN,N MEX        CESSNA 175          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 34, 190
        TIME - 1600                    N9258B              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - VAUGHN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE
        REMARKS- AIRPORT DIRECTORY ADVISES-CAUTION,PRIVATE AIRSTRIP-LAND AT OWN RISK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9258B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9258B-2012-11-19), registration cancelled 2012-11-19, S/N 55058, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Registry model: [Cessna 175](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (registry code 2072502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GO-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (registry code 17024, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Vaughn

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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