Cessna 175 N6696E

Summary

On 26 September 1984 at about 22:22 local time, a Cessna 175 registered N6696E was involved in an accident near Corona, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 September 1984 at 22:22

Classification

Accident

Location

Corona, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Lincoln Stateion (NM25)

Coordinates

33.6396, -105.8791

Aircraft

Cessna 175

Registration

N6696E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Las Vegas → White Sands

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN84LA302

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AT 0809 HRS, PLT OBTAINED TELEPHONE WEATHER BRIEFING & WAS ADVISED VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED FOR INTENDED ROUTE. AT 1310 HRS, PLT OBTAINED SECOND BRIEFING, VFR FLIGHT AGAIN NOT RECOMMENDED, NO IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED PRIOR TO NOON OF FOLLOWING DAY. AT 1428 HRS PLT RECEIVED IN-PERSON THIRD BRIEFING AT DIFFERENT FSS & WAS ADVISED MARGINAL VFR AT BEST, FILED VFR FLT PLAN AND DEPARTED. ONE HR AFTER TAKE-OFF, IN RAPIDLY DETERIORATIONG WEATHER CONDITIONS WHICH PLT STATED EXISTED IN ALL DIRECTIONS, DECISION WAS MADE TO EFFECT PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT AIRSTRIP RATHER THAN REVERSE COURSE. WEATHER CONDITONS AT AIRSTRIP PRECLUDED APPROACH. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING EXECUTED ON A ROAD. ACFT COLLIDED WITH CATTLE FENCE ON ROLL OUT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.