# NTSB LAX70DUJ17: Cessna 182, N95F, Wenden, AZ, January 27, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 27, 1970
- Place: Wenden, AZ · WENDEN, AZ
- Location: 33.8325° N, 113.5432° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wenden, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8325&lon=-113.5432&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 143379
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX70DUJ17
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70DUJ17

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0484  70/1/27    WENDEN,ARIZ         CESSNA 182          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 41, 171
        TIME - 1600                    N95F                PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 128 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WELLSITE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CHANDLER,ARIZ               WENDEN,ARIZ
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL STRUCK A CHUCK HOLE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N95F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95F-1972-08-08), registration cancelled 1972-08-08, S/N 33416, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Wellsite

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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