# NTSB DEN75DQA34: Cessna 170A, N1393D, Logan, NM, February 23, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 23, 1975
- Place: Logan, NM · LOGAN, NM
- Location: 35.3584° N, 103.4534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Logan, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3584&lon=-103.4534&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 10, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 147949
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN75DQA34
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75DQA34

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0357  75/2/23    LOGAN,NM            CESSNA 170A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 505
        TIME - 1530                    N1393D              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 352 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - UTE DAM
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LOGAN,NM                    CARLSBAD,NM
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: RUN
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE
           MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS
        REMARKS- HIT SMALL DIRT MOUND ON SOFT DIRT/SAND RWY.DIRT CLOGGED L GR FAIRING.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1393D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1393D-2011-02-28), registration cancelled 2011-02-28, S/N 19969, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Registry model: [Cessna 170A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (registry code 2072304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ute Dam

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19750223003729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750223003729A), Feb 23, 1975: Cessna 170A, Logan, NM, Substantial damage. Hit small dirt mound on soft dirt/sand rwy. Dirt clogged l gr fairing.

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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