# Accident 20070313002959A: Beech A23A, Holman, NM, March 13, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2007, 16:00 local time
- Place: Holman, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0803° N, 105.4372° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0803&lon=-105.4372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4761J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4761J-2008-06-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23A (registry code 1151208, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-346 series (registry code 17033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-346-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23A
- Reported engine: CONT IO346*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,630 total, 1,425 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07FA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070313002959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 13, 2007 AT APPROX 1600 MST, A BEECH BE-23, N4761J, REGISTERED TO AZUSA LP OF FARMERS BRANCH, TX, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN DURING AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING NEAR HOLMAN, NM, DURING A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT TUCUMCARI, NM ON MARCH 13, 2007 AT 1424 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 DEN07FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07FA071), Mar 13, 2007: Beech A23A (N4761J), Holman, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a safe altitude and clearance, and his improper inflight planning/decision to postpone initiating a climbing turn to avoid obstructions.

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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