Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary DEN86LA052

CLOUDCROFT, NM, USA

Aircraft #1

N9201L

Gulfstream American AA-1A YANKEE

Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS FOLLOWING A HIGHWAY FROM ALAMOGORDO, NM TO ROSWELL, NM. THE PLT CONTINUED TO STATE THAT THE HIGHWAY LEAD HIM INTO AN AREA OF HIGH TERRAIN THAT HIS ACFT COULD NOT CLIMB OVER. THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO TURN AROUND AND EXECUTED AN EMERG LANDING INTO TREES. THE PLT INDICATED THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH ACFT.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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