- Date
- May 7, 1978
- Place
- Socorro, NM · SOCORRO, NM
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N460ACessna 195
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780507008159A
- Case key
- 141899
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1387 78/5/7 SOCORRO,NM CESSNA 195 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 1508 TIME - 1200 N460A PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 39 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOCORRO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,AZ SOCORRO,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 240 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N460A
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Socorro Muni
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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.