# Accident 20090609009009A: Agusta A109E, Santa Fe, NM, June 9, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2009, 21:40 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8375° N, 105.7406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8375&lon=-105.7406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N606SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N606SP-2009-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Agusta A109E (registry code 0260101, https://openairdocs.org/model/agusta-a109e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206C (registry code 52160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AGUSTA A109E
- Reported engine: PWC PW206C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,328 total, 449 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09PA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09PA348) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090609009009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 9, 2009 AT 21:40 MST, AN AGUSTA A109E, N606SP, REGISTERED TO THE NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE, ROLLED DOWN A MOUNTAIN DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER A TAIL ROTOR STRIKE WHILE ON A SEARCH AND RESCUE FLIGHT.  INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, THE PILOT WAS NOT IFR RATED IN HELICOPTER AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED,  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED AND THE SPOTTER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, ON JUNE 9, 2009, AT 2100 MST.

## 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 CEN09PA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09PA348), Jun 10, 2009: Agusta A109E (N606SP), Santa Fe, NM, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to take off from a remote, mountainous landing site in dark (moonless) night, windy, instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident were an organizational…

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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