# Accident 20040325004439A: Amtr MIG17BIS, Trthconsequence, NM, March 25, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2004, 07:30 local time
- Place: Trthconsequence, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3194° N, 107.3917° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3194&lon=-107.3917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N508M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N508M-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mikoyan Gurevich MIG 17 BIS (registry code 05604BE, https://openairdocs.org/model/mikoyan-gurevich-mig-17-bis) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Klimov VK-1A (registry code 37600, https://openairdocs.org/engine/klimov-vk-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MIG17BIS
- Reported engine: AMTR KLIMOVK1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 35 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040325004439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 25, 2004, AT 1428 MST, A MIKOYAN GUREVICH (MIG) 17, N508M, REGISTERED TO G MAX, INCORPORATED, IMPACTED THE GROUND AFTER THE PILOT HAD DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WHILE IN CRUISE AT FL350 OVER TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO, ON MARCH 25, 2004, AT 0659 MST.

## 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 DEN04LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA055), Mar 25, 2004: Mikoyan MiG Mig-17 (N508M), Truth or Conseq, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the loss of aircraft control for undetermined reasons resulting in impact with desert terrain.

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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