- Date
- December 9, 1979
- Place
- Hobbs, NM · HOBBS, NM
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N735VECessna 206
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791209036059A
- Case key
- 132192
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3858 79/12/9 HOBBS,NM CESSNA 206 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0400 N735VE PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 31, 3284 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 805 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBUQUERQUE,NM HOBBS,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- IMPACTED 1/2-3/4MI RIGHT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N735VE
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lea County
N735VERegistration cancelled Aug 28, 2013 · Cessna TU206GAirframe modelCessna TU206GEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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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.
Other investigations on N735VE · 1
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