# NTSB FTW73DQG16: Cessna 172, N5631A, Wildorado, TX, August 30, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 30, 1972
- Place: Wildorado, TX · WILDORADO, TX
- Location: 35.2092° N, 102.2095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wildorado, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2092&lon=-102.2095&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 16, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167843
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW73DQG16
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DQG16

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3137  72/8/30    WILDORADO,TEX       CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 42, 41 TOTAL
        TIME - 1420                    N5631A              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - AG STRIP
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          AMARILLO,TEX                AMARILLO,TEX                 TUCUMCARI,N MEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5631A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5631A-2015-05-11), registration cancelled 2015-05-11, S/N 28231, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ag Strip

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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