# NTSB DEN70FQA03: Cessna 402, N4530Q, Las Vegas, NM, January 25, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 25, 1970
- Place: Las Vegas, NM · LAS VEGAS, NM
- Location: 35.6049° N, 105.2170° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6049&lon=-105.2170&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 143313
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN70FQA03
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN70FQA03

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0478  70/1/25    LAS VEGAS,N MEX     CESSNA 402          CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N4530Q              PX-  0  0  1  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED      UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAS VEGAS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED        UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH=
        REMARKS- ACFT FOUND ON RWY WITH GR UP. PLT HAD DISAPPEARED AND IS UNIDENTIFIED. SUSPECTED SMUGGLING OPNS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4530Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4530Q-1977-05-13), registration cancelled 1977-05-13, S/N 402A0030, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402
- Registry model: [Cessna 402A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402a) (registry code 207590M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Las Vegas

## Other investigations on N4530Q (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA77FKQ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FKQ09), Mar 17, 1977: Cessna 402 (N4530Q), Madison, MS, destroyed

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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