- Date
- March 10, 1979
- Place
- Albuqueque, NM · ALBUQUEQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N23459Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790310004439A
- Case key
- 137588
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0673 79/3/10 ALBUQUEQUE,NM CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 285 TIME - 2130 N23459 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALBUQUERQUE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGTON,NM ALBUQUEQUE,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER REMARKS- TAXI LIGHT INOP PRIOR TO FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23459
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Albuquerque Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N23459 · 1
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