ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 38424
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Date: | Friday 1 March 1991 |
Time: | 22:41 LT |
Type: | Cessna T210M |
Owner/operator: | New Mexico Flying Service |
Registration: | N761MU |
MSN: | 210-62371 |
Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-M |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Taos, NM -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Albuquerque, NM |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEICED WITH PURE ETHYLENE GLYCOL AT ROOM TEMPERATURE AND THEN DEPARTED ON AN IFR FLIGHT IN FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WITH A TEMPERATURE/DEW POINT OF 33/31. DEPARTURE INSTRUCTIONS WERE FOR A RIGHT TURN TO THE NORTH FOLLOWING TAKEOFF AND DIRECT TO THE VOR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND NINE HOURS AFTER DEPARTING, SCATTERED IN A FIELD, 1.5 MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S DECISION TO INITIATE FLIGHT INTO FREEZING RAIN WHICH RESULTED IN STRUCTURAL ICING THAT EXCEEDED THE ABILITY OF THE AIRCRAFT TO MAINTAIN FLIGHT. A FACTOR WAS: IMPROPER DEICING.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | DEN91FA048 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 2 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB DEN91FA048
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
21-Apr-2024 08:00 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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