# Accident 19791110032579A: Piper PA23250, Ruidoso, NM, November 10, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: Ruidoso, NM
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3495° N, 105.6688° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ruidoso, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3495&lon=-105.6688&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5998Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5998Y-2014-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 913 total, 69 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80DQA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DQA10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791110032579A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT SAID FLAPS WERE DOWN 10 DEGREES, BUT INDICATOR SAID FULL FLAPS. UNABLE TO VERIFY. OVERSHOT RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN80DQA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DQA10), Nov 10, 1979: Piper PA-23 (N5998Y), Ruidoso, NM, minor damage

## Other reports on N5998Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19870801040259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870801040259A), Aug 1, 1987: Piper PA23250 (N5998Y), Imperial, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Caught a wing in the water while buzzing a lake. Aircraft cartwheeled and sank. Pilot drank a beer prior to flight

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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