# Accident 20110919021899A: Concannon Milton CONCANNON RADIAL ROC, Socorro, NM, September 19, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2011, 13:10 local time
- Place: Socorro, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0222° N, 106.9031° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0222&lon=-106.9031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91TX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91TX-2013-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Concannon Milton CONCANNON RADIAL ROC (registry code 056212F, https://openairdocs.org/model/concannon-milton-concannon-radial-roc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONCANNON MILTON CONCANNON RADIAL ROC
- Reported engine: VENDENYEV M14P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 6 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11FA652](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA652) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110919021899A

## Narrative

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

ON 09/19/2011 AT 1310 MDT, N91TX, A  HOMEBUILT RADIAL ROCKET, CRASHED NEAR THE SOCORRO, NM AIRPORT (ONM) KILLING BOTH OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRPLANE.  THE AIRPLANE HAD DEPARTED FROM DALLAS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (RBD) AND WAS EN ROUTE TO MESA ARIZONA (FFZ).  THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT HAD JUST PURCHASED THE AIRPLANE FROM THE BUILDER IN MISSISSIPPI AND WAS FLYING IT HOME.  THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY THE IMPACT AND THE POST CRASH FIRE.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  A VFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED.

## 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 CEN11FA652](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA652), Sep 19, 2011: Concannon Milton Radial ROC (N91TX), Socorro, NM, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the visual approach to the runway, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident were the pilot’s lack of experience in…

## Other reports on N91TX (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070512007409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070512007409I), May 12, 2007: Amtr RADIALROCKET (N91TX), Mount Vernon, MO, Minor damage. (-23) The engine RPM dropped to idle when the pilot reduced power during transition from downwind to base leg while landing at a private airport near mt.…

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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