- Date
- March 28, 1973
- Place
- Las Cruces, NM · LAS CRUCES, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N29053Cessna U206
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730328005759A
- Case key
- 163200
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0526 73/3/28 LAS CRUCES,N MEX CESSNA U206 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0625 N29053 PX- 0 0 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 27, 2035 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 210 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAS CRUCES MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS CRUCES,N MEX SANTA FE,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS REMARKS- PLT PULLED PROP THRU,HAD LEFT MAG SWITCH ON INADVERTENTLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29053
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Las Cruces Muni
N29053Registration cancelled Sep 24, 2012 · Cessna U206CAirframe modelCessna U206CEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.