# NTSB DEN69A0017: Cessna 320, N5748X, Raton, NM, October 8, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 8, 1968
- Place: Raton, NM · RATON, NM
- Location: 36.8878° N, 104.4404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Raton, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8878&lon=-104.4404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 5, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108292
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN69A0017
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN69A0017

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3186   68/10/8   RATON,N MEX         CESSNA 320          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 3948
        TIME - 2200                    N5748X              PX-  0  0  5  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 825 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMESA PARK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        REMARKS- UNLIGHTED DIRT RNWY WITH BLOWING DUST.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5748X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Lamesa Park

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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