36.8369° N, 108.0287° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at AZTEC MUNI (N19), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 7, 1990 · 17:05 local
Place
Azetc, NM
Airport
Aztec Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BRIA
Aircraft
N918RM
Reported as
Beech 1900
People aboard
12
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total921 in this make and model280 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.
Pilot mistook Aztec airport for farmington on visual approach. Landed at wrong airport. Navigation aids working.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT MISTOOK AZTEC AIRPORT FOR FARMINGTON ON VISUAL APPROACH. LANDED AT WRONG AIRPORT. NAVIGATION AIDS WORKING.