Cessna 172RG N5247V

Summary

On 24 August 1987 at about 03:58 local time, a Cessna 172RG registered N5247V, operated by Kirtland AFB Flying Club, was involved in an accident near Cubero, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 August 1987 at 03:58

Classification

Accident

Location

Cubero, New Mexico, United States

Coordinates

35.0793, -107.5109

Aircraft

Cessna 172RG

Registration

N5247V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Kirtland AFB Flying Club

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Glendale → Albuquerque

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DEN87FA226

1 person died.

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

THE PLT RCVD A WX BRIEFING PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. VFR FLT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED BY THE BRIEFER. N5247V DEPARTED AT 2005 HRS AND AT 2200 HRS THE PLT RADIOED ABQ ARTCC THAT HE WAS DESCENDING FROM 9000 FT TO 7500 FT TO AVOID WX. ARTCC RADAR TRACK WAS LOST SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE TERRAIN ELEVATION IN THE AREA RANGES FROM 7500 FT TO OVER 8700 FT. THE ACFT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN AT THE 7800 FT LEVEL. THE PVT PLT DID NOT HOLD AN INSTR RATING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.