- Date
- November 26, 1969
- Place
- Las Vegas, NM · LAS VEGAS, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N87FCessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 145140
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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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4518 69/11/26 LAS VEGAS,N MEX CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 75, 2075 TIME - 1130 N87F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2025 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAS VEGAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS CRUCES,N MEX LAS VEGAS,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 49 50 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87F
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Las Vegas