# Incident 19980105001369I: Beech 58TC, Ruidoso, NM, January 5, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1998, 15:15 local time
- Place: Ruidoso, NM
- Airport: Sierra Blanca Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- 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: N201D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58TC (registry code 1152746, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58TC
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,900 total, 79 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980105001369I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 5, 1998, AT 1515 MST A BEECHCRAFT MODEL 58TC, N201D, OWNED BY CUTTER AVIATION, INC. EXPERIENCED A PREMATURE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION WHILE DEPARTING RUNWAY 24 AT RUIDOSO, NM DURING A 14 CFR PART 135 FLIGHT. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, THE FLIGHT CREW AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. THE PIC HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE, WITH MULTI-ENGINE, INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE RATINGS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT RUIDOSO AT 1514 MST. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION FINDS THE GEAR SELECTOR POSITION WARNING SYSTEM DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. BASED ON EVIDENCE IT APPEARS THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH WAS IN THE "UP" POSITION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TAKE-OFF ROLL. PIC FAILED TO PROPERLY UTILIZE THE AIRCRAFT PRESTART CHECKLIST.

## Other reports on N201D (1)

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

- [Incident 19850808046399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850808046399I), Aug 8, 1985: Beech 58TC (N201D), Denver, CO. Left engine quit due to fuel starvation. Uneventful airport landing. Fuel tank may not have been full at departure.

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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