# Accident 20070115002229A: Parten P68C, Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, January 15, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2007, 04:15 local time
- Place: Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.1472° N, 66.7983° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.1472&lon=-66.7983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90KB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90KB-2015-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Partenavia P.68C (registry code 6780105, https://openairdocs.org/model/partenavia-p-68c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PARTEN P68C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07FA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070115002229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 15, 2007, ABOUT 0415 ATLANTIC STANDARD TIME, A PARTENAVIA P 68C, 90KB, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, COLLIDED WITH TREES THEN A MOUNTAIN SLOPE NEAR ADJUNTAS, PUERTO RICO. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED IN THE AREA OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT FROM RAFAEL HERNANDEZ AIRPORT, AGUADILLA, PUERTO RICO, TO MERCEDITA AIRPORT, PONCE, PUERTO RICO. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND A POSTCRASH FIRE, AND THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED ABOUT 0359, FROM THE RAFAEL HERNANDEZ AIRPORT. THERE WERE NO KNOWN WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. THE CIVIL AIR PATROL (CAP) BECAME INVOLVED IN A SEARCH FOR THE AIRPLANE ON JANUARY 17, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1700, AND THE AIRPLANE WAS FIRST SPOTTED DURING AN AERIAL SEARCH ON JANUARY 20, 2007. THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS REACHED BY SEARCH AND RESCUE PERSONNEL THE FOLLOWING DAY. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE REVEALED THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH TREES THEN THE UP SLOPING PORTION OF A MOUNTAIN. THE ENERGY PATH THROUGH TREES WAS ORIENTED ON A MAGNETIC HEADING OF 150 DEGREES, AND DEBRIS LOCATED ALONG THE ENERGY PATH CONSISTED OF A SECTION OF THE ENGINE COWLING, AND A WINDOW FRAME. THE COCKPIT, CABIN, EMPENNAGE, AND BOTH WINGS WERE DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND A POST CRASH FIRE. CAUSE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE NTSB-IIC.

## 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 MIA07FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07FA042), Jan 15, 2007: Partenavia P 68C (N90KB), Adjuntas, PR, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance with mountainous terrain for undetermined reasons during a normal descent under instrument meteorological and dark night conditions.

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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