# Accident 20070827017779A: Amtr VK30, Watrous, NM, August 27, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2007, 16:10 local time
- Place: Watrous, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7231° N, 104.9950° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7231&lon=-104.9950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60GE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60GE-2013-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Elliott Glenn R CIRRUS VK30 (registry code 056189G, https://openairdocs.org/model/elliott-glenn-r-cirrus-vk30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VK30
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO550E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 4,445 total, 900 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070827017779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1610 MDT ON AUGUST 27, 2007, A CIRRUS VK 30 HOMEBUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING NEAR WATROUS, NEW MEXICO. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING UNDER A VFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED FROM LIBERAL, KANSAS AND ITS INTENDED DESTINATION WAS DOUBLE EAGLE II AIRPORT IN ALBUQUERQUE, 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 DEN07LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA148), Aug 27, 2007: Elliott Cirrus VK30 (N60GE), Watrous, NM, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a forced landing that resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the ruptured pressurized oil line.

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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