19990806010919A

Cargo acft crashed under unknown circumstances, the pilot/sole occupant suffered fatal injuries, the acft was destroyed. (-23) on August 6, 1999, Mr. Pierre a. gasser, airline transport pilot certificate number 2494143, was fatally injured in N6687B, a Cessna CE-210-T210M. The aircraft was being operated for b and m enterprises, inc. d.b.a. new flying service out of albuquerque, hm. At approximately 1610 mountain daylight time,the aircraft collided with terrain, .57 miles from the end of rny 22, at the Clovis Municipal Airport (cvn), Clovis, NM., subsequently destroying the aircraft. The flight was being conducted under 14 CFR part 135 flight rules when it was repositioning from dallas love field, dallas, TX to cvn. No freight was on board the aircraft at the time of the accident. There was no flight plan on file for the flight, contrary to company's procedures. A witness to the accident, Mr. Jason price stated he heard the engine rev up, and looked over his shoulder in tie to see the aircraft go from a normal descent rate, to one of approximately 60-80 degrees nose down at approximately 200-300 feet. Examination of the aircraft revealed it was configured with the gear down, flaps from 0-10 degrees, 5 degrees nose down on the elevator trim. There was no post imapct fire. Mr. Gasser was a new employee for new mexicao flying service, and had been qualified on July 9, 1999. Company records reflect that at the time of the accident, he had flown approximately 20 days for the company. Training records indicated that Mr. Gasser was trained and tested by the chief pilot, MS. Chris sable. Training records also reflected that Mr. Gasser received 15 hours of flight training.