# Accident 20160311003249A: Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX, Espanola, NM, March 11, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2016, 16:30 local time
- Place: Espanola, NM
- Airport: Ohkay Owingeh
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0328° N, 106.0472° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0328&lon=-106.0472&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28GX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28GX-2016-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX (registry code 060006H, https://openairdocs.org/model/remos-acft-gmbh-flugzeugbau-remos-gx) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: REMOS ACFT GMBH FLUGZEUGBAU REMOS GX
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 120 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16FA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160311003249A

## Narrative

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

ON 3/11/2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME (MST), A REMOS GX AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N28GX, REGISTERED TO  NEW MEXICO SPORT AVIATION, LLC, IMPACTED THE TERRAIN, AT 36° 1.10.82 N - 106° 2.27.85 W (APPROXIMATELY 1/8 MILE EAST/SOUTHEAST OF OHKAY OWINGEH AIRPORT (E14), IN ESPAÑOLA, NEW MEXICO. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PART 91 FLIGHT FOR PLEASURE.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WHO WAS ALSO A PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SANTA FE, NM (SAF), ON 3/11/2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1344 MST, WITH TWO INTERMEDIATE STOPS AT LOS ALAMOS AT APPROXIMATELY 1448 AND E14 AT 1518.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1620 THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 16 AT E14 AND CONDUCTED LEFT CIRCUITS AROUND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO PRACTICE LANDINGS.  ON THE SECOND CIRCUIT, DURING THE LEFT CROSSWIND TO DOWNWIND TURN, THE AIRCRAFT LOST CONTROL AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN.

## 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 CEN16FA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA122), Mar 11, 2016: Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau Remos GX (N28GX), Española, NM, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while operating in the airport traffic pattern, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and experiencing an aerodynamic…

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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