# NTSB DEN69A0031: Cessna 172, N9200V, Sandia Park, NM, December 26, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 26, 1968
- Place: Sandia Park, NM · SANDIA PARK, NM
- Location: 35.1648° N, 106.3657° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sandia Park, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1648&lon=-106.3657&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 10, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191931
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN69A0031
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN69A0031

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4615  68/12/26   SANDIA PARK,N MEX   CESSNA 172          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 34, 223
        TIME - 0505                    N9200V              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ALBURQUERQUE,N MEX          HEREFORD,TEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-10/25/69.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9200V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9200V-2019-09-06), registration cancelled 2019-09-06, S/N 28950, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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