Beech 58 accident near Placitas, NM
On June 16, 2007, a Beech 58 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Placitas, NM. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 16, 2007
- Place
- Placitas, NM
- Aircraft
- Beech 58 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.219°N, 106.451°W
- NTSB ID
- 20070628X00826
Official records · DEN07FA100
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC Radar Plot: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- Transcript of Weather Briefing: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 16, 2007, approximately 1610 mountain daylight time (MDT), a Beech 58 twin-engine airplane, N6750R, was destroyed when it impacted mountainous terrain during cruise flight near Placitas, New Mexico. The private pilot, who was the sole occupant, was fatally injured. The airplane was registered to Memorial Park Engineering and Construction Company, Inc., Torrance, California, and operated by the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The flight departed Zamperini Field Airport (TOA), Torrance, California, approximately 1130 pacific daylight time (PDT) with a destination of Jackson, Mississippi (HKS). A family member of the pilot reported to the Federal Aviation Administration that the pilot had planned a fuel stop in Clinton, Oklahoma. At 1026 PDT, the pilot contacted the Hawthorne Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS), Hawthorne, California, to obtain a standard weather briefing for a visual flight rules (VFR) flight from TOA to HKS with a planned departure time of 1100. The pilot stated that his planned routing was via Palm Springs, California; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Amarillo, Texas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Shreveport, Louisiana; and then to Jackson. During the six minute briefing, the briefer informed the pilot of the weather along his route of flight which included some rain showers and scattered thunderstorms on the border of Arizona and Texas, and a significant meteorological information (SIGMET) for thunderstorm activity in eas
Probable cause
the failure of the pilot to maintain adequate terrain separation, for undetermined reasons, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. A contributing factor was the mountainous terrain.
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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.
