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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Rkwell 560 · Las Cruces, NM · January 30, 1980

Date
January 30, 1980 · 20:00 local
Place
Las Cruces, NM
Airport
Las Cruces
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
CGUWS
Reported as
Rkwell 560
Reported engine
Lycoming GO480G1B6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total200 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost power right engine. Failed to feather, lost altitude, hit wires. Landed at airport with damaged nose gear up.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER RIGHT ENGINE. FAILED TO FEATHER, LOST ALTITUDE, HIT WIRES. LANDED AT AIRPORT WITH DAMAGED NOSE GEAR UP.