Beechcraft B23 N9137T

Summary

On 4 May 1984 at about 20:25 local time, a Beechcraft B23 registered N9137T was involved in an accident near Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States. 4 people were on board and one died, 3 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 May 1984 at 20:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Ruidoso (RUI)

Coordinates

33.3500, -105.6803

Aircraft

Beechcraft B23

Registration

N9137T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lubbock → Ruidoso

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN84FA144

1 person died.

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT UPON LANDING A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY CENTER AND HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND. WITNESSES STATED THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 200 TO 300 FT AND STARTED A LEFT TURN. ENGINE POWER APPEARED TO BE MINIMAL. AS THE LEFT BANK WAS ESTABLISHED THE AIRCRAFT TURNED BACK TO THE RIGHT ABRUPTLY AND NOSED DOWN, COLLIDING NOSE FIRST WITH A TREE AND THEN THE GROUND. THE ACFT WAS IN A STEEP NOSE LOW, RIGHT WING LOW ATTITUDE DURING IMPACT. THE1430 MDT WIND WAS FROM 210 DEG AT 10 GUSTING 25 KTS. THE DENSITY ALT WAS CALCULATED TO BE 9298 FT. BETWEEN 3/21/84 & 5/4/84, THE PLT HAD ACCUMULATED 42 HRS OF FLYING TIME; HOWEVER, BEFORE THAT PERIOD, HE HAD NOT FLOWN FOR OVER 13 YRS. ALSO, HE DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT BIENNIAL FLT REVIEW. THIS WAS THE PLT'S 1ST FLT TO THE RUIDOSO ARPT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.