# Accident 20110501009189A: Combs Earl W KITFOX SPEEDSTER, Truth Or Conseq, NM, May 1, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2011, 12:20 local time
- Place: Truth Or Conseq, NM
- Airport: Truth Or Consequences Municipa
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2339° N, 107.2439° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2339&lon=-107.2439&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89MM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89MM-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Combs Earl W KITFOX SPEEDSTER (registry code 05620YE, https://openairdocs.org/model/combs-earl-w-kitfox-speedster) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COMBS EARL W KITFOX SPEEDSTER
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11FA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA312) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110501009189A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 1, 2011 AT 1220 MDT, A KIT FOX SPEEDSTER N89MM, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CRASHED AT A POINT 1.36 NM ON A BEARING OF O94 DEGREES FROM TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METERLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NEW MEXICO ON MAY 1, AT 1205 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 CEN11FA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA312), May 1, 2011: Combs Earl W Kitfox Speedster (N89MM), Elephant Butte, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control of the airplane for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the airplane did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal…

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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