# Accident 19900911038899A: Mnslnr MS760, Albuquerque, NM, September 11, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1990, 04:00 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Double Eagle II Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1449° N, 106.7952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOUBLE EAGLE II (AEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1449&lon=-106.7952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23ST, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23ST-1991-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Morane-Saulnier MS760 (registry code 5910102, https://openairdocs.org/model/morane-saulnier-ms760) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MNSLNR MS760
- Reported engine: TMECA TURMO4C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,372 total, 56 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN90FA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90FA184) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900911038899A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLEW INTO GROUND ON DARK NIGHT CLIMBING TURN. SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AND FATIGUE LEAD TO FAILURE TO NOTE DESCENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN90FA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90FA184), Sep 11, 1990: Morane-Saulnier MS760 (N23ST), Albuquerque, NM, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN A CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF, DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS, PILOT FATIGUE, AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF RECENT EXPERIENCE IN…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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