# Accident 20190505003999A: Beech A60, Santa Rosa, NM, May 5, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2019, 16:03 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, NM
- Airport: Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9400° N, 104.6678° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9400&lon=-104.6678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N102SN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N102SN-2021-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A60 (registry code 1153604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A60
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-541 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC19FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19FA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190505003999A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 5, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1603 MST, A BEECHCRAFT BE-60, N102SN, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CRASHED ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF SANTA ROSA ROUTE 66 AIRPORT (KSXU), IN SANTA ROSA, NEW MEXICO, WHILE IN ROUTE TO SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO (KSAF). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE CERTIFICATED PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ARLINGTON, TEXAS (KGKY) ON MAY 5, 2019.

## 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 ANC19FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19FA018), May 5, 2019: Beech A60 (N102SN), Santa Rosa, NM, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control due to his failure to maintain appropriate control inputs and airspeed after shutting down an engine because of a progressive failure of the pressure relief valve…

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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