# Accident 20080629839359A: Cessna U206F, Santa Rosa, NM, June 29, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2008, 12:59 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, NM
- Airport: Santa Rosa Route 66
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9356° N, 104.6425° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9356&lon=-104.6425&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2905Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2905Q-2008-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 540 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08FA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080629839359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 29, 2008 AT 1259 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA CE-206 OPERATED BY ITS OWNER OF A PRIVATE FLIGHT IMPACTED TERRAIN AFTER TAKEOFF FROM ROUTE 66 AIPORT IN SANTA ROSA, NEW MEXICO.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY A POST-IMPACT FIRE, AND THE PILOT AND FOUR PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA ON JUNE 29, 2008 AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED AT ROUTE 66 AIRPORT FOR FUEL BEFORE CONTINUING THE FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED 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 DFW08FA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA170), Jun 29, 2008: Cessna U206F (N2905Q), Santa Rosa, NM, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain safe flying airspeed for undetermined reasons resulting in an inadvertent stall.

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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