# NTSB DEN87LA212: Cessna 414, N1648T, Cuba, NM, July 28, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 28, 1987, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Cuba, NM
- Coordinates: 36.019088, -106.950904 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0191&lon=-106.9509&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17295
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA212
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17295/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA212

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS DISPATCHED TO THE CUBA, NM AREA TO PICK UP A CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT. THE STATE POLICE BLOCKED OFF A SECTION OF HIGHWAY FOR THE ACFT TO LAND ON. THE PLT LANDED ON THE HIGHWAY, BUT DRG THE LANDING ROLL, THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RGT WING STRUCK A ROAD MARKER POST. THE PLT BELIEVED THE DAMAGE WAS MINOR & CONTD THE MISSION. LATER, TWO FAA INSPECTORS EXAMINED THE ACFT. IN THEIR OPINION, A TWO INCH WIDE TEAR IN THE RGT AILERON CONSTITUTED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1648T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1648T-2024-07-20), registration cancelled 2024-07-20, S/N 414-0428, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Registry model: [Cessna 414](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (registry code 2075908) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 414-0428
- Airframe hours: 2696
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-N 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Martin J. Malloy
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 11, 1987, 69 hours before
- Departed: ABQ, ALBUQUERQUE, NM

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 6,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 5,800 as pilot in command, 180 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19870728043579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870728043579A), Jul 28, 1987: Cessna 414, Cuba, NM, Substantial damage. Landed on highway to pick up ill patient. Right aileron torn by roadside reflectors. Continued flight with damage.

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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