# NTSB UNK66X0127: Cessna 180, N1584C, El Socorro, Mexico, March 4, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 4, 1966
- Place: El Socorro, Mexico · EL SOCORRO, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 20, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172903
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK66X0127
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK66X0127

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0012   66/3/4    EL SOCORRO MEXICO   CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 1600
        TIME - 1430                    N1584C              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - EL SOCORRO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1584C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1584C), registered now, S/N 30284, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: El Socorro

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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