# Accident 20000908007509A: Cessna A185F, Ruidoso, NM, September 8, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2000, 16:52 local time
- Place: Ruidoso, NM
- Airport: Sierra Blanca Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3507° N, 105.6796° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3507&lon=-105.6796&mi=10
- Aircraft: N269DP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 704 total, 147 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA168) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000908007509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPT. 8, 2000, AT 16:52 MDT, A CESSNA A185F, N269DP, OPERATED BY JOHN A DAVENPORT FOR PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION, RAN OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 06 AND FLIPPED SHORTLY AFTER LANDING AT SIERRA BLANCA REGIONAL AIRPORT (SRR), RUIDOSO, NEW MEXICO. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONSPREVAILED AT THE TIME WITH WINDS FROM 170 DEGREES GUSTING FROM 11 TO 18 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT (SOLE OCCUPANT) WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FAYETTE REGIONAL AIR CENTER (3T5), LA GRANGE, TEXAS, APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS EARLIER THAT DAY. A WEATHER BRIEFING HAD BEEN OBTAINED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. (.4) ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2000, AT 1652 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA A185F, N269DP, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING ROLL WHEN THE AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED AT SIERRA BLANCA REGIONAL AIRPORT, RUIDOSO, NEW MEXICO.  THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS NOT INJURED.  THE PILOT WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY PERSONAL FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED 3 HOURS, 37 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.  THE PILOT HAD NOT FILED A FLIG                              HT PLAN. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 06.  THE RECORDED WINDS, AT 1652, WERE 150 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS; THE RECORDED WINDS AT 1645 WERE 170 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS GUSTING TO 18 KNOTS.  THE PILOT REPORTED (ON HIS NTSB FORM 6120.1/2) THAT THE WINDS WERE CALM.  WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE LEFT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT.  THE AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED TO THE RIGHT, SEPARATED ITS LEFT WHEEL, AND THEN NOSED OVER.  THE VERTICAL STABILIZER WAS BENT, THE RIGHT STRUT WAS BENT, AND THE LEFT WING WAS WRINKLED.

## 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 DEN00LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA168), Sep 8, 2000: Cessna A185F (N269DP), Ruidoso, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll. A contributing factor was the crosswind weather condition.

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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