# NTSB DEN88LA162: Cessna 177RG, N34338, Santa Teresa, NM, July 17, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 17, 1988, 00:00 local (06:00 UTC)
- Place: Santa Teresa, NM
- Coordinates: 31.83992, -106.680854 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8399&lon=-106.6809&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 14, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17509
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA162
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17509/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA162

## Sequence of events

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

- Undetermined, unknown
  - stolen aircraft/unauthorized use - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

AN UNKNOWN PERSON OR PERSONS TOOK A CESSNA 177RG FROM A SMALL AIRPORT NEAR THE MEXICAN BORDER, WITHOUT PERMISSION.  STATE POLICE FOUND IT CRASHED IN A FIELD 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANTA TERESA AIRPORT, AND NOTIFIED THE OWNER.  NO WITNESSES HAVE BEEN FOUND TO REVEAL THE NATURE OF THE ACCIDENT OR THE IDENTITY OF THE PILOT. INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N34338](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34338-1988-12-01), registration cancelled 1988-12-01, S/N 177RG0990 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 177RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (registry code 2073709) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (registry code 41593, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 177RG0990
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Martin D. Cole
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 5T6
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Not reported

## 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 19880717026809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880717026809A), Jul 17, 1988: Cessna 177RG, Santa Teresa, NM, Substantial damage. State police notified aircraft owner that his aircraft had been stolen and wrecked in a field near the airport.

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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