DEN69A0032

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 182 · Dunlap, NM · February 12, 1969

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
February 12, 1969
Place
Dunlap, NM · DUNLAP, NM
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Uncontrolled descent
Aircraft
N8969XCessna 182
Status
Completed · report August 19, 1969
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
191250

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1955  69/2/12    DUNLAP,N MEX        CESSNA 182          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 52, 510
        TIME - 1920                    N8969X              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED

Aircraft

Registration
N8969X
Reported as
Cessna 182
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

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