Beech D17S accident near Santa Fe, NM
On May 25, 2018, a Beech D17S (airplane) was involved in an accident near Santa Fe, NM. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- May 25, 2018
- Place
- Santa Fe, NM
- Aircraft
- Beech D17S · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 35.294°N, 105.582°W
- NTSB ID
- 20180527X00947
Official records · CEN18FA192
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn May 25, 2018, about 1342 mountain daylight time, a Beech D17S airplane, N79091, impacted terrain near Santa Fe, New Mexico. The commercial pilot was fatally injured, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The airplane was registered to Mid Continent Instrument Company Inc. and operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 business flight. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country flight, which departed Perryton/Ochiltree County Airport (PYX), Perryton, Texas, about 1150, with the intended destination of Albuquerque International Sunport Airport (ABQ), Albuquerque, New Mexico. The operator reported that the pilot departed Wichita, Kansas, earlier in the day and that the pilot landed at PYX for fuel before continuing to ABQ for a planned overnight stop. Fueling documentation from PYX established that the pilot purchased 39.32 gallons of 100 low-lead aviation fuel at 1035. According to automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data, the airplane appeared on radar at 1152:28 about 1.5 nautical miles (nm) southwest of PYX. The airplane continued to climb to a cruise altitude of 10,500 ft mean sea level (msl) while maintaining a direct course toward ABQ. The pilot subsequently requested visual flight rules (VFR) flight following with Albuquerque Air Route Traffic Control Center. At 1305:41, the pilot reported that the airplane was in level cruise flight at 10,500 ft msl and the controller replied with the local altimeter setting. There were no additional communications received from the pilot. The airpla
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from terrain for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
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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.
