19890520012509A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrbd BEDEBD5 · Farmington, NM · May 20, 1989

Date
May 20, 1989 · 11:25 local
Place
Farmington, NM
Airport
Four Corners Regional Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N71HM
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN89DQA01
Reported as
Amtrbd BEDEBD5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,680 total50 in this make and model

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.

Smoke in cockpit on takeoff from a shorted circuit breaker. Pancaked on runway collapsing all three landing gears.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN COCKPIT ON TAKEOFF FROM A SHORTED CIRCUIT BREAKER. PANCAKED ON RUNWAY COLLAPSING ALL THREE LANDING GEARS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.