ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 37711
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| Date: | Friday 6 August 1999 |
| Time: | 16:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna T210M |
| Owner/operator: | New Mexico Flying Service |
| Registration: | N6687B |
| MSN: | 21062819 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5425 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-520-R-9B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Clovis, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Dallas Love, TX (KDAL) |
| (KCVN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The non-scheduled domestic cargo flight was en route from Dallas, Texas, to Clovis, New Mexico, with no cargo aboard, and was scheduled to pick up checks in Clovis. The pilot was overheard announcing his position over the airport's UNICOM frequency when the airplane was 15, 10 and 5 miles out for landing at Clovis, but was never observed to have landed. A witness 1 mile east of the airport, overheard the airplane's engine accelerate, and observed the airplane to be 'lower and slower' than most aircraft at that altitude inbound for landing. The airplane was level for several seconds, then 'turned into a nose dive and crashed.' A search for the airplane was initiated, and it was located .57 nm from the approach end of runway 22 approximately 1 hour later. The weather at the time of the accident was clear skies with winds from 200 degrees at 15 knots. The density altitude was calculated to be 6,648 feet above msl.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed during final approach to landing, resulting in an inadvertent stall. A factor was the high density altitude.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN99FA137
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] |
| 14-Dec-2017 08:48 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2024 18:57 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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