Cessna 172G N6059R
1 May 1988 · Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 1 May 1988 at about 19:19 local time, a Cessna 172G registered N6059R, operated by Brown, August R, was involved in an accident near Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 19:19
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States
- Nearest airport
- Las Vegas Municipal (LVS)
- Coordinates
- 35.5903, -105.2200
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172G
- Registration
- N6059R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Brown, August R
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Greeley → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DEN88LA103
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
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 PRIVATE PLT AND HIS DAUGHTER WERE ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. LANDING WITH A STRONG HEADWIND AND REPORTED GUSTS TO 31 KNOTS, THE PLT TAXIED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY. A 90 DEGREE TURN CROSSWIND ON THE TAXIWAY RESULTED IN WIND LIFTING THE LEFT WING AND A LOSS OF CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE AIRPORT WAS CLOSED FOR HIGH WINDS AFTER THE ACCIDENT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Apr 1988 | Cessna 172N | Vero Beach, Florida, United States | Citrus Grove Aviation, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 May 1988 | Cessna 172F | Shellman, Georgia, United States | Evans J. Nichols | Minor injuries | - |
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| 14 May 1988 | Cessna 172RG | Mathew, Virginia, United States | Mideastern Airways Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 25 May 1988 | Cessna 172K | Lake City, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 31 Dec 1988 | Cessna 172M | Erie, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 12,209 records for this type
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