# Accident 20080831851439A: Cessna 340A, Angel Fire, NM, August 31, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2008, 21:15 local time
- Place: Angel Fire, NM
- Airport: Angel Fire
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4219° N, 105.2897° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4219&lon=-105.2897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N397RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N397RA-2010-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 700 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080831851439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 2045 MDT ON AUGUST 31, 2008, THE PILOT OF N397RA, THE PILOT OF N397RA, A CESSNA 340A, DECIDED TO GO-AROUND AFTER EXECUTING THE GPS 17 APPROACH AT ANGEL FIRE AIRPORT (AXX), ANGEL FIRE, NM.  THE PILOT ENTERED THE LEFT-HAND PATTERN FOR A VISUAL APPROACH.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND ON THE LEFT BASE LEG.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AND IMPACT.  THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND A FIRE AT THE SITE WHERE THE WRECKAGE SLID TO A STOP.

## 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 DEN08LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA145), Sep 1, 2008: Cessna 340A (N397RA), Angle Fire, NM, destroyed. Probable cause: Controlled flight into terrain for unknown reasons.

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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