# NTSB DEN74DQD03: Cessna 150, Alamogordo, NM, August 9, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 9, 1973
- Place: Alamogordo, NM · ALAMOGORDO, NM
- Location: 32.8836° N, 105.9636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alamogordo, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8836&lon=-105.9636&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 4, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 188728
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN74DQD03
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74DQD03

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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E-0014   73/8/9    ALAMOGORDO,N MEX    CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE UNK/NR, 47
        TIME - 0945                    XB-BIV              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CHIHUAHUA,MEX               JUAREZ,MEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: XB-BIV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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