- Date
- March 6, 1976
- Place
- San Ysidro, NM · SAN YSIDRO, NM
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5537BCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760306006939A
- Case key
- 153193
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0501 76/3/6 NR.SAN YSIDRO,NM CESSNA 182 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 215 TIME - 2236 N5537B PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBUQUERQUE,NM DURANGO,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 3/7/76. SPARSELY LTD TERRAIN IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5537B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5537B · 1
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