# NTSB DEN84LA302: Cessna 175, N6696E, Corona, NM, September 26, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 26, 1984, 16:22 local (22:22 UTC)
- Place: Corona, NM
- Coordinates: 33.639595, -105.879142 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6396&lon=-105.8791&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16492
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA302
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16492/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA302

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise
  - flight into known adverse weather - initiated, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather forecast - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - fence

## Analysis

AT 0809 HRS, PLT OBTAINED TELEPHONE WEATHER BRIEFING & WAS ADVISED VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED FOR INTENDED ROUTE. AT 1310 HRS, PLT OBTAINED SECOND BRIEFING, VFR FLIGHT AGAIN NOT RECOMMENDED, NO IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED PRIOR TO NOON OF FOLLOWING DAY. AT 1428 HRS PLT RECEIVED IN-PERSON THIRD BRIEFING AT DIFFERENT FSS & WAS ADVISED MARGINAL VFR AT BEST, FILED VFR FLT PLAN AND DEPARTED. ONE HR AFTER TAKE-OFF, IN RAPIDLY DETERIORATIONG WEATHER CONDITIONS WHICH PLT STATED EXISTED IN ALL DIRECTIONS, DECISION WAS MADE TO EFFECT PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT AIRSTRIP RATHER THAN REVERSE COURSE. WEATHER CONDITONS AT AIRSTRIP PRECLUDED APPROACH. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING EXECUTED ON A ROAD. ACFT COLLIDED WITH CATTLE FENCE ON ROLL OUT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6696E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6696E-1985-03-29), registration cancelled 1985-03-29, S/N 56196 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Registry model: [Cessna 175](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (registry code 2072502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 56196
- Airframe hours: 1600
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GO-300-A 175 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Dudley D. Combs
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 1983
- Departed: LAS, LAS VEGAS, NV
- Destination: WSD, WHITE SANDS, NM
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: NM25, Lincoln Stateion

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 125 total, 85 in this make and model, 94 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,200 ft overcast
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HMN

## 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 19840926051459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840926051459A), Sep 26, 1984: Cessna 175, Corona, NM, Substantial damage. IFR forecasted. VFR pilot departed. Encountering bad weather, landed on dirt road, hit a post, flipped over.

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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