# Accident 19980510008569A: Beech A36, Ruidoso, NM, May 10, 1998 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 10, 1998, 16:30 local time - Place: Ruidoso, NM - Airport: Sierra Blanca Regional Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.3499° N, 105.6801° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3499&lon=-105.6801&mi=10 - Aircraft: N6150X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6150X-2019-11-22) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH A36 - Reported engine: CONT IO520BB - People aboard: 5 - Fatal injuries: 0 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA213) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980510008569A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ACFT DEPARTED RWY 24, ACFT SETTLED BACK INTO THE RWY WITH GEAR UP. ALAMOGORDO, NM (.4) ON MAY 10, 1998, AT 1630 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH A-36, N6150X, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY AFTER THE PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR FOLLOWING TAKEOFF FROM SIERRA BLANCA REGIONAL AIRPORT, RUIDOSO, NEW MEXICO. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS FOUR PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THIS CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT TO CLIFTON, TEXAS, OPERATING UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING FROM ALBUQUERQUE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION. THE BRIEF PROVIDED INFORMATION THAT THE WEATHER COULD BE EXPECTED TO REMAIN VISUAL CONDITIONS WITH HIGH WINDS AND GUSTS. THE PILOT SAID HE TAXIED TO RUNWAY 24, DID A NORMAL RUN-UP, AND DEPARTED USING HIGHER THAN NORMAL ROTATION SPEED (82-85 KNOTS) DUE TO THE GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS. IN HIS STATEMENT, THE PILOT INDICATED HE STARTED HIS CLIMB OUT AT 105 KNOTS INDICATED AIRSPEED (IAS) THEN "SOMETHING PUSHED ME DOWN CAUSING ME TO LOSE ALTITUDE", THEN THE STALL WARNING SOUNDED AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE GRUND BESIDE RUNWAY 24 WITH THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS RETRACTED. ATTACHED IS A STATEMENT FROM THE HEAD LINESMAN AND A LINE SERVICE TECHNICIAN AT SIERRA BLANCA REGIONAL AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO THEIR STATEMENT, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED ONE TAKEOFF WHICH HE ABORTED MIDWAY THROUGH THE TAKEOFF ROLL. HE TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE RAMP AND COMPLAINED THAT THE RIGHT WING WAS LOWER THAN THE LEFT. THE LINES PEOPLE EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT AND COULD FIND NO DISCREPANCIES AND THE PILOT REDISTRIBUTED SOME WEIGHT INSIDE THE CABIN. THESE PERSONS SAID HE THEN TAXIED BACK FOR TAKEOFF. THE TWO AIRPORT EMPLOYEES SAID THE GROUND SPEED APPEARED TO BE SLOW AND THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED FOR TAKEOFF ABOUT MID FIELD. ACCORDING TO THEIR OBSERVATIONS, THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT GAIN ALTITUDE AND THE PILOT RAISED THE LANDING GEAR WHEN THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE ABOUT 3/4 OF THE DISTANCE DOWN THE TAKEOFF RUNWAY. THEY SAID, THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PILOT RAISED THE LANDING GEAR, "THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AT ABOUT 40 FEET ABOVE THE AIRFIELD AND FELL." THE TWO AIRPORT LINE SERVICE PEOPLE RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT IN AN AIRPORT VEHICLE AND ACCORDING TO THEIR STATEMENT, THE FIVE PEOPLE ABOARD WERE EXITING THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE. THERE WAS NO OF INJURIES AND THE LINE PEOPLE SAID THEY DISCONNECTED THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY AND TURNED OFF THE EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER WHICH HAD ACTIVATED. ACCORDING TO THE SIERRA BLANCA AIRPORT AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION SYSTEM (AWOS), THE LOCAL WEATHER WAS CLEAR SKIES BELOW 12,000 FEET, 10 MILES VISIBILITY, AND THE WIND NEAREST THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, (1645 OBSERVATION), WAS FROM 200 DEGREES MAGNETIC HEADING AT 17 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 24 KNOTS. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY AN FAA INSPECTOR FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT, PROVIDED NO EVIDENCE OF PRE IMPACT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. THE INSPECTOR WAS UNABLE TO COMPILE SUFFICIENT DATA TO CALCULATE WEIGHT AND BALANCE; THUS, NO MEANINGFUL PERFORMANCE CALCULATIONS COULD BE COMPLETED. (-23) ON MAY 10, 1998, AT 17:05 MDT, A BEECH BE-36, N6150X, REGISTERED TO AND FLOWN BY CHARLES DOUGLAS PARKER ON A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT, WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT SIERRA BLANCA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT NEAR RUIDOSO, NM. THE AIRPLANE TOOK OFF WITH FIVE PEOPLE ON BOARD (FOUR ADULTS AND 1 CHILD), CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET, THEN SETTLED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE PILOT AND THREE OF THE PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. O NE OF THE ADULT PASSENGERS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES ON AN ARM WHEN FORCING THE DOOR OPEN TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND WEATHER DID NOT SEEM TO BE A FACTOR. IN A 005/10/98 TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH FAA INSPECTOR JAMES L. MALARSIE, MR. PARKER INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT SEEMED TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY BUT "WOULDN'T CLIMB OUT" AFTER TAKEOFF. ## 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 FTW98LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA213), May 10, 1998: Beech A-36 (N6150X), Ruidoso, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: Inadvertent post departure stall. A factor was high gusty winds. ## Other reports on N6150X (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20190620001359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190620001359A), Jun 20, 2019: Beech A36 (N6150X), Elida, OH, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On June 20, 2019, about 1612 eastern daylight time, a Beech A36 airplane, N6150X, was destroyed during a collision with terrain near Elida, Ohio. The pilot and… - [Incident 19870530033019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870530033019I), May 30, 1987: Beech A36 (N6150X), Oakland, CA, Minor damage. Gear collapsed on rollout. Suspect operator failed to operate alternator switch properly, battery was drained. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.