# Accident 20010514009119A: Beech B90, San Jon, NM, May 14, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2001, 23:22 local time
- Place: San Jon, NM
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 35.0869° N, 103.3536° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0869&lon=-103.3536&mi=10
- Aircraft: N221CH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N221CH-2001-07-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B90 (registry code 1152912, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B90
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010514009119A

## Narrative

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

(.19)ON MAY 14, 2001, AT 2322 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH B90, N221CH, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN NEAR SAN JON, NEW MEXICO. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED BY CMH INVESTMENTS, INC., LOWELL, ARKANSAS, UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE NIGHT CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED 2 HOURS 19 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT WAS FLYING ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE ALBUQUERQUE AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER (ARTCC) REPORTED LOSING RADAR CONTACT WITH THE AIRPLANE AT 2319. SEVERAL WITNESSES IN THE SAN JON AREA REPORTED SEEING THE AIRPLANE "FALL" OUT OF THE SKY. THE POSTIMPACT FIRE CONSUMED THE AIRPLANE. (-23) ON 05/14/01, APPROXIMATELY 2320 MDT, N221CH, A BE-90-B90 WAS ENROUTE FORM TUCSON, AZ TO SPRINGDALE, AR, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LOST CONTROL AND CRASH LANDED 2 NM SOUTH OF SAN JON, NM.  THE AIRMAN WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT DEMOLISHED.  AIRMAN WAS SOLE OCCUPANT. VMC CONDITIONS.  AIRMAN WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT @ FL250.  AIRMAN DEVIATED FROM ASSIGNED ALTITUDE +300, WHEN HE REPORTED A PROBLEM.  NEXT TRANSMISSION, HE HAD CLIMBED AN ADDITIONAL                                 900 FT AND WAS INAUDIBLE ON THE RADIO. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR.

## 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 DEN01FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA098), May 15, 2001: Beech King Air B90 (N221CH), San Jon, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control due to his incapacitation for an undetermined reason. A contributing factor was the subsequent inadvertent stall/spin to the ground.

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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