- Date
- March 15, 1981
- Place
- Silver City, NM · SILVER CITY, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4779BCessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810315011319A
- Case key
- 126883
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0481 81/3/15 SILVER CITY,NM CESSNA 152 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1645 N4779B PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 57, 3010 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 119 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRANT COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SILVER CITY,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- SIM FORCED LDG ON ROAD ADJ TO RWY,HIT SIGN POST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4779B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grant County
N4779BRegistration cancelled Sep 29, 2004 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.