- Date
- July 13, 1987, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tierra Amrilla, NM
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N84704Cessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870713034499A
- Case key
- 17267
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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.
Analysis
No witnesses were found who had seen the accident. The man believed to be the plt gave the investigating police officer an assumed name. The wreckage dissappeared soon after the crash and has not been found to date. The acft attempted a takeoff with four adults and considerable baggage aboard. The density altitude was approx 9500 feet. The acft came to rest near the departure end of the active runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84704
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258586
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Rene M. Vernon
- Registered owner
- Rene M Vernon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- 98V · El Vado State Park, runway 9, 5,000 × 100 ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
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 N84704 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.