19851005054519A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr GBN-41-1000 · Pecos, NM · October 5, 1985

Date
October 5, 1985 · 23:15 local
Place
Pecos, NM
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N59SP
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN86LA006
Reported as
Amtr GBN411000
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
250 total250 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Uncontrolled descent into trees after encountering unforecast freezing rain, snow and severe up and downdrafts.

As the FAA filed it

UNCONTROLLED DESCENT INTO TREES AFTER ENCOUNTERING UNFORECAST FREEZING RAIN, SNOW AND SEVERE UP AND DOWNDRAFTS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.