Cessna U206F accident near Santa Rosa, NM
On June 29, 2008, a Cessna U206F (airplane) was involved in an accident near Santa Rosa, NM. 5 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 29, 2008
- Place
- Santa Rosa, NM
- Aircraft
- Cessna U206F · Airplane
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.936°N, 104.642°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080708X00984
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 29, 2008, at approximately 1259 mountain daylight time (MDT), a single-engine Cessna U206F, N2905Q, was destroyed upon impact with terrain after taking off from runway 19 (5,013 feet long by 75 feet wide), at Santa Rosa Municipal Airport, Santa Rosa, NM, elevation 4,792 feet. The private pilot and four passengers were fatally injured. The weather was VFR and temperature was 79 degrees at the nearest weather reporting station. No flight plan was filed for the Title 14 Code of Federal Regulation Part 91 personal cross-country flight, which was departing for a flight to Chicago, Illinois. Two people witnessed the airplane accident. The first witness, who was located just outside of the airport perimeter, watched the airplane and reported that the airplane lifted off from the runway at approximately half way down the 5,013 foot long runway. The witness added that the airplane climbed to approximately 200-300 feet above ground level (AGL) when the airplane turned left with the airplane still in a nose high attitude. The airplane continued to turn until it reached almost 180 degrees of heading change before the airplane's nose dropped sharply. The airplane continued a dive towards the ground before the witness lost sight of the airplane behind rolling terrain. When the witness regained sight of the airplane, a fire had started around the engine section. An additional witness, who was an employee at an aircraft manufacturing company, was driving along a road and recalled seeing the accident airplane began to lift off from the runway. The witness stated th
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain safe flying airspeed for undetermined reasons resulting in an inadvertent stall.
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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.
