# Accident 19880501011239A: Beech H35, Ruidoso, NM, May 1, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1988, 13:38 local time
- Place: Ruidoso, NM
- Airport: Sierra Blanca Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4609° N, 105.5301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIERRA BLANCA RGNL (SRR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4609&lon=-105.5301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N618T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N618T-2013-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H35 (registry code 1151520, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H35
- Reported engine: CONT O470G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 705 total, 242 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN88LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880501011239A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS WARNED OF 50 KNOT WIND FOR LANDING. WIND GUST RAISED A WING ON TOUCHDOWN THEN SLAMMED IT DOWN ONTO 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 DEN88LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA104), May 1, 1988: Beech H35 (N618T), Ruidoso, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N618T (2)

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

- [Incident 20100418031819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100418031819I), Apr 18, 2010: Beech H35 (N618T), Rockport, TX, Minor damage. Alternator belt broke and pilot depleated the battery when he lowered the landing gear. After landing the landing gear retracted halfway up and the propeller…
- [Incident 19920130006059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920130006059I), Jan 30, 1992: Beech H35 (N618T), Ruidoso, NM, No damage. Appears pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear on a touch and go operation.

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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