# NTSB DEN86LA094: Cessna 172M, N8935V, Quemado, NM, February 26, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 26, 1986, 12:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place: Quemado, NM
- Coordinates: 34.309123, -108.789474 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3091&lon=-108.7895&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16933
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA094
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16933/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA094

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - weather condition - tailwind (cause)
  - weather evaluation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - object - fence
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PLT SAID THE WIND WAS VARIABLE AND GUSTY. WHEN THE TAKEOFF WAS STARTED THERE WAS A QUARTERING HEADWIND BUT AS TAKEOFF SPEED WAS REACHED THE WIND SWITCHED TO A TAILWIND. THE ACFT LIFTED OFF BUT IMMEDIATELY SETTLED BACK TO THE RWY. THE PLT THEN ADDED FLAPS IN AN ATTEMPT TO BECOME AIRBORNE AND TO AVOID A HOLE NEAR THE END OF THE RWY. A GUST OF WIND THEN CAUSED THE LEFT WING TO LIFT UP AND THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED A FENCE POST. THE ACFT THEN CARTWHEELED AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8935V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8935V-2013-05-17), registration cancelled 2013-05-17, S/N 17264292, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17264292
- Airframe hours: 4881
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gareth R. Hardy
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 12, 1986, 16 hours before
- Destination: Q35, SPRINGERVILLE, AZ
- Airport: 0E6, Quemado, runway 6, 3,400 × 30 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,513 total, 550 in this make and model, 1,319 as pilot in command, 56 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 15 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F

## 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 19860226006019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860226006019A), Feb 26, 1986: Cessna 172M, Quemado, NM, Substantial damage. Attempted downwind takeoff, unable to climb. Collided with fence and flipped over. Density altitude a factor.

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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