# Accident 20070825018099A: Airbau OUTBACKWIZ, Ranchos De Tao, NM, August 25, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2007, 19:40 local time
- Place: Ranchos De Tao, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3417° N, 104.7333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3417&lon=-104.7333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7068U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7068U-2017-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Adams Paul R AIRBORNE OUTBACK WIZ (registry code 05902X6, https://openairdocs.org/model/adams-paul-r-airborne-outback-wiz) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBAU OUTBACKWIZ
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 100 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070825018099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 25, 2007, AT 1940 MDT, AN OUTBACK WIZARD, N7068U, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT, IMPACTED TERRAIN INSIDE THE RIO PUEBLO CANYON AT THE END OF TAOS COUNTY ROAD 110 IN TAOS, NEW MEXICO. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PRIVATE FLIGHT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED DURING THE ACCIDENT, AND THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT OWNER'S PRIVATE AIRSTRIP IN TAOS, NEW MEXICO.

## 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 DEN07LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA145), Aug 26, 2007: Adams Airborne Australia O (N7068U), Taos, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional low altitude flight in a confined area and an inadvertent stall/spin. Contributing factors in this accident were the blind/box canyon and the aircraft's low airspeed.

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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