# Accident 20081220857349A: Beech 58P, Trinidad, CO, December 20, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2008, 19:50 local time
- Place: Trinidad, CO
- Airport: Perry Stokes
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2592° N, 104.3409° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PERRY STOKES (TAD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2592&lon=-104.3409&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGGBT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081220857349A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 20, 2009, 1918 HOURS A TWIN-ENGINE BEECH 58P AIRPLANE, C-GGBT, DEPARTED PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT, PUEBLO, COLORADO (PUB) FOR A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT TO SANTA FE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 9SAF), SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO.  APPROXIMATELY 1951 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME THE AIRCRAFT REPORTEDLY WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 18,000 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL) WHEN IT BEGAN AN "UNCONTROLLED" DESCENT TOWARD AND AREA OF RISING MOUNTANIOUS TERRAIN.  THE LAST KNOWN RADAR POSITION PLACED THE AIRPLANE AT 12,800 FEET MSL AND ONE MILE EAST OF VERMEJO PEAK (13,367 FEET MSL).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED VINCINITY OF THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE'S LAST KNOWN COORDINATES.  NIGHT VISUAL METERORLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND SINGLE PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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