Plane Crash List

Piper PA-32-300 N2905B

13 August 1985 · Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 13 August 1985 at about 16:25 local time, a Piper PA-32-300 registered N2905B was involved in an accident near Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States. 6 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
at 16:25
Classification
Accident
Location
Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States
Nearest airport
Ruisoso (RUI)
Coordinates
33.3498, -105.6805
Aircraft
Piper PA-32-300
Registration
N2905B
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Unknown → Phoenix
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN85LA217

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
6 0 0 0 6

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

ACFT WAS 20 LBS OVER THE MAX GROSS WEIGHT. PLT SAID HE ABORTED THE FIRST TAKEOFF DUE TO A ROUGH RUNNING ENG. THE PLT PERFORMED A RUNUP AND ATTEMPTED A SECOND TAKEOFF WHICH WAS ABORTED AGAIN DUE TO ROUGH RUNNING ENG. THE ACFT RAN OFF END OF RWY AND STRUCK A DITCH. THE ENG WAS EXAMINED AFTER ACCIDENT AND WAS FOUND TO BE CAPABLE OF NORMAL OPERATION. THE DENSITY ALT WAS CALCULATED TO BE 9521 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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