# Accident 20190628008249A: Agusta Spa A109S, Brainard, MN, June 28, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2019, 00:43 local time
- Place: Brainard, MN
- Airport: Brainerd Lakes Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: S6GA
- Location: 46.4033° N, 94.1283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4033&lon=-94.1283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11NM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11NM-2020-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Agusta A109S (registry code 0260103, https://openairdocs.org/model/agusta-a109s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207C (registry code 52203, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw207c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AGUSTA SPA A109S
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW207C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,376 total, 533 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19FA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190628008249A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT DEPARTED NORTH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT APPROXIMATELY 2348L, GPS TRACKING INDICATED THE FLIGHT TERMINATED AT 1241L, AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND WITH MINIMAL DEBRIS FIELD PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 23 AND ADJACENT TAXIWAY. NO SLID MARKS WERE NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS FACING OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF LANDING RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT HAD MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE VERTICAL DESCENT. PILOT FRONT RIGHT SEAT AND WERE FATAL.

## 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 CEN19FA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA185), Jun 28, 2019: Agusta A109 (N11NM), Brainerd, MN, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's spatial disorientation during an instrument approach in dark night instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent impact with terrain.

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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