Las Vegas Muni Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Las Vegas, New Mexico 87701
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 18:30 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

On July 2, 2014, about 1830 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 210L, N1175Q, was substantially damaged during a loss of control during an attempted go-around from runway 14, at the Las Vegas Municipal Airport (LVS), Las Vegas, New Mexico. The pilot received serious injuries and the three passengers received minor injuries. The aircraft was registered to [and operated by the private pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which was not operated on a flight plan. The flight originated from the Ames Municipal Airport (AMW) at an unconfirmed time.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/2/2014
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 1830
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City Las Vegas
Event State NEW MEXICO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 87701
Event Date Year 2014
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport LAS VEGAS MUNI
Event Location Nearest Airport ID LVS
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport --
Distance from airport in statute miles 6144
Degrees magnetic from airport 81
Airport Elevation 6877
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Unknown
Time of the weather observation 53 Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID --
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation UTC
Lighting Conditions --
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 4900
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Few
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling --
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 19
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 9
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 150
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 13
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.32
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report METAR KLVS 030053Z AUTO 15013KT 10SM FEW049 19/09
Event Highest Injury Serious
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 3
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious 1
Injury Total All 4
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) --
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Aug 14 2014 12:06PM
User who most recently changed record brajo
Basic weather conditions --
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N1175Q
NTSB Number CEN14LA345
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 210L
Aircraft Series Identifier M
Aircraft Serial Number 21059675
Certified Max Gross Weight 3803
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? --
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats 6
Total number of seats on the aircraft --
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection --
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name FRETHAM JAMES A
Aircraft Owner Street Address 6358 OXBOW BND
Aircraft Owner City CHANHASSEN
Aircraft Owner State MN
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 553179109
Operator is an individual? Yes
Operator Name FRETHAM JAMES A
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address 6358 OXBOW BND
Operator City CHANHASSEN
Operator State MN
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 553179109
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code AMW
Departure City Ames
Departure State IA
Departure Country USA
Departure Time --
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code --
Destination City --
Destination State --
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Aug 14 2014 12:14PM
User who most recently changed record brajo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 14
Runway Length 8199
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --