# Accident 20081011848889A: Maule MXT7180A, Santa Teresa, NM, October 11, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2008, 17:02 local time
- Place: Santa Teresa, NM
- Airport: Dona Ana County At Santa Teres
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8919° N, 106.7236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8919&lon=-106.7236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4257C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4257C-2010-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MXT-7-180A (registry code 5460187, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mxt-7-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MXT7180A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,755 total, 340 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081011848889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 11, 2008 AT 1702 MDT A MAULE MXT-7-180A REGISTERED TO SST, INC, IMPACTED THE GROUND ON CLIMB-OUT FROM SANTA TERESA AIRPORT, SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO ON OCTOBER 11, 2008 AT 1700 MDT.

## 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 CEN09FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA010), Oct 11, 2008: Maule MXT-7-180A (N4257C), Santa Teresa, NM, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to takeoff and fly into a thunderstorm.

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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