Cessna 172M accident near Clines Corners, NM
On August 3, 1993, a Cessna 172M (airplane) was involved in an accident near Clines Corners, NM. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 3, 1993
- Place
- Clines Corners, NM
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172M · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.021°N, 105.780°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X13128
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 3, 1993, at approximately 0521 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N23459, was destroyed when it impacted a field at the southwest corner of Interstate Highway 40 and U.S. Highway 285, at Clines Corners, New Mexico. The pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured. Although weather documents indicate visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the departure airport, instrument meteorological conditions existed at the accident site. Federal Aviation Administration records indicate the pilot did not obtain a weather briefing nor file a flight plan. According to the pilot's wife, he left their house at about 0400, and was planning to fly from Albuquerque's Coronado Airport to Arkansas, with an en route stop in Amarillo, Texas. At 0730, a rancher came upon the wreckage. When he found the wreckage it was still dark and there was heavy fog and a light mist or drizzle falling. Visibility was about 1/4-mile. He said these conditions had existed for several hours. The first police officer was on the scene at 0829. The officer reported similar weather conditions, as those reported by the rancher. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot's logbook, documenting flights from March 12, 1989, to July 22, 1993, was found in the wreckage. The majority of the flights were in N23459. The logbook indicated that on August 27, 1990, and again on January 22, 1991, the pilot failed the instrument rating practical flight test. Two months later, on March 8, he passed. The pilot received an instrument competency check on September 10, 1992. In the six months prior to the acci
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A SAFE AND PROPER ALTITUDE. FACTORS WERE THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO OBTAIN A PREFLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING, DARK NIGHT CONDITION, AND WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT INCLUDED OBSCURATION, FOG, AND DRIZZLE.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
