Beechcraft 65-90 N516WB

15 August 1980 · Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 15 August 1980 at about 11:40 local time, a Beechcraft 65-90 registered N516WB, operated by Midwest Piper, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 August 1980 at 11:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States
Nearest airport: Ruidoso Muni
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft 65-90
Registration: N516WB
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Midwest Piper
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Wichita, Ks → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1618

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

R BRAKE MASTER CYL, GOODRICH PN 0-000010-8S, FAILED.COLLIDED W LEAR JET 25D, N45DM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1618, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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