# Accident 20070616010979A: Beech 58, Placitas, NM, June 16, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2007, 16:10 local time
- Place: Placitas, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2192° N, 106.4508° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2192&lon=-106.4508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6750R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6750R-2008-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520CB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,709 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07FA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070616010979A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 16, 2007 AT 1610 MDT A BEECHCRAFT BE-58 BARON, N6750R, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN AT 9700 FEET MSL WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE ONLY OCCUPANT, WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED TORRANCE, CA AT 1136 PDT AND WAS APPARENTLY ENROUTE TO CLINTON, OK. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR 91 VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR). NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 DEN07FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07FA100), Jun 16, 2007: Beech 58 (N6750R), Placitas, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain adequate terrain separation, for undetermined reasons, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. A contributing factor was the mountainous 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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