# Accident 20130510008439A: Phillips Robert L ZENITH 250, Taos, NM, May 10, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2013, 13:35 local time
- Place: Taos, NM
- Airport: Taos Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4475° N, 105.6397° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4475&lon=-105.6397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N250ZP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N250ZP-2014-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Phillips Robert L ZENITH 250 (registry code 0564968, https://openairdocs.org/model/phillips-robert-l-zenith-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PHILLIPS ROBERT L ZENITH 250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,130 total, 654 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA273) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130510008439A

## Narrative

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

ON 05/10/2013, AT 1335 MST, A ROBERT PHILLIPS, ZENITH 250, IMPACTED THE GROUND, APPROXIMATLY .5 MILE EAST OF TAOS REGIONAL AIRPORT (KSKX), TAOS NEW MEXICO ON TAKEOFF ASCENT WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROGICAL PERVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND PILOT IN COMMAND WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KSKX AT APPROXIMATELY 1332 MST AND WAS TO TERMINATE AT KSAF.

## 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 CEN13LA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA273), May 10, 2013: Phillips Zenith 250 (N250ZP), Taos, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to take off in gusting wind conditions and the airplane’s loss of climb performance following an encounter with turbulence and downdrafts.

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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