Rockwell NA-265-80 N773W
2 May 1996 · Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 2 May 1996 at about 03:40 local time, a Rockwell NA-265-80 registered N773W was involved in an accident near Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 03:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
- Nearest airport
- Albuquerque International (ABQ)
- Coordinates
- 35.0604, -106.6204
- Aircraft
- Rockwell NA-265-80
- Registration
- N773W
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Public Use
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → Santa Fe
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Bright
- NTSB number
- FTW96TA195
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Probable cause
overdeflection of the left outboard main landing gear tire, probably due to underinflation and inadequate inspection, which resulted in fatigue failure of the left outboard tire and subsequent failure of the left inboard tire.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The captain was taking off on runway 21 with the wind from 330 degrees at 6 knots. After the airplane had attained about 120 knots and had traversed about half the 10,000 foot runway, the captain aborted the takeoff, when he heard a loud noise and felt a severe vibration. Subsequently, the airplane angled off the departure end of the runway and encountered soft terrain. It came to rest about 300 feet beyond the end of the runway with the nose landing gear collapsed. According to a tire analysis report, the left outboard tire failed in fatigue, followed by the left inboard tire, 'as the result of operation in an overdeflected condition.' The report stated, 'Over-deflection is caused by operating the tire overloaded or underinflated.'
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Rockwell NA-265 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Nov 1999 | Rockwell NA-265-65 | Seattle, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 11 May 2000 | Rockwell NA-265-65 | Kaunakakai, Hawaii, United States | - | Fatal | 6 |
| 10 Dec 2001 | Rockwell NA-265-80 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Eagle Jet Charter, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 9 May 2005 | Rockwell NA-265-80 | Brownwood, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Sep 1986 | Rockwell NA-265-80 | Liberal, Kansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Nov 1984 | Rockwell NA-265-25 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 1996 | Republic RC-3 | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 18 Jan 1996 | Cessna T210M | Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 13 Jan 1996 | Bellanca 17-30A | Belen, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jan 1996 | Boeing B75N1 | Bernal, New Mexico, United States | Trans Mountain Air, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 8 Feb 1996 | Masnic SKY HOPPER II | Edgewood, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Nov 1996 | Beechcraft A36TC | Tucumcari, New Mexico, United States | Thomas B. Brewster | Fatal | 1 |