- Date
- May 8, 1985, 15:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Mora, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- CGHJQTaylorcraft Unknown
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 16674
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power
Engine assembly - failure,partial
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rough/uneven
Analysis
Acft was refueled at las vegas, NM. Plt stated after accident that the eng gradually lost power while in cruise flt. Plt attempted to return to las vegas but could not maintain alt. Acft was damaged during landing on rough terrain. There are no current acft records for cghjq. There is no record of a plt license issued to the plt either in Canada or usa.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGHJQ
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft Unknown
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- LVS · Las Vegas, NM
- Destination
- E91 · Angle Fire, NM
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None