- Date
- April 17, 1970
- Place
- Deming, NM · DEMING, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N72509Cessna 140A
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130554
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1959 70/4/17 DEMING,N MEX CESSNA 140A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 115 TIME - 1410 N72509 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEMING MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUCSON,ARIZ DEMING,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING DUST RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 71 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 38 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WINDS GUSTING 50K. WING WALKERS UNAVAILABLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72509
- Reported as
- Cessna 140A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Deming Muni