# NTSB DEN85LA130: Taylorcraft Unknown, Mora, NM, May 8, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 8, 1985, 15:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place: Mora, NM
- Coordinates: 35.969192, -105.319519 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9692&lon=-105.3195&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16674
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LA130
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16674/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA130

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly - failure,partial
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT UNKNOWN
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

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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