# Accident 20110520009959A: Beech F33A, Angel Fire, NM, May 20, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2011, 11:15 local time
- Place: Angel Fire, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4197° N, 105.2872° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4197&lon=-105.2872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1533Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1533Y-2013-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,643 total, 1,357 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11FA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA347) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110520009959A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 20, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 1705 UTC, A BEECH F33A, N1533Y, REGISTERED TO 33 YANKEE INC. COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN WHILE ON A FLIGHT BETWEEN AMARILLO, TX AND TAOS, NM, WHILE ON A PART 91 FLIGHT.  MARGINAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SAN ANGELO, TX  ON MAY 20, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 2300 UTC.

## 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 CEN11FA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA347), May 20, 2011: Beech F33A (N1533Y), Taos, NM, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in loss of situational awareness, and a possible encounter with icing conditions.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.