# NTSB DEN73AD008: Emigh Acft Trojan, N8341H, Edgewood, NM, August 23, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 23, 1972
- Place: Edgewood, NM · EDGEWOOD, NM
- Location: 35.0614° N, 106.1914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Edgewood, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0614&lon=-106.1914&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 1, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167601
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN73AD008
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD008

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1436  72/8/23    EDGEWOOD,N MEX      EMIGH ACFT TROJAN   CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 33, 135
        TIME - 0605                    N8341H              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX           IOWA FALLS,IOWA              DALHART,TEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  1000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3 MILES OR LESS                                          NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          NONE                                                     VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR
        REMARKS- ACFT OBS SPINNING OUT OF HEAVY OCST. PLT ADVISED BY FSS TO DELAY DEP DUE ENROUTE TSTM ACTIVITY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8341H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8341H-1973-05-07), registration cancelled 1973-05-07, S/N 44 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMIGH ACFT TROJAN
- Registry model: [Emigh TROJAN A-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/emigh-trojan-a-2) (registry code 3270102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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