# Accident 20160615010419A: Beech 77, Santa Fe, NM, June 15, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2016, 21:37 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5822° N, 106.1058° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5822&lon=-106.1058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60189, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60189-2018-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 77 (registry code 1153007, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-77) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 77
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total, 16 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA320) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160615010419A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 15, 2016, AT 21:22 MDT, N60189, A BEECHCRAFT MODEL BE77, S/N-WA-7 AIRPLANE REGISTERED TO THE PILOT WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO ENROUTE TO BOISE, IDAHO, UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SANTA FE, (SAF) AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 20 HEADING SOUTH AND THEN TURNING NORTHEAST WITH A DENSITY ALTITUDE OF 8300 FEET, AN OAT OF 76F DEGREES AND WIND AT 110 DEGREES@4 KNOTS.  AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO CLIMB AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE TERRAIN SEPARATION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN (15) MINUTES AND HAD TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY FOUR (4) MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT (SAF), WHEN THE PIC DECIDED TO LAND ON N.M. STATE HIGHWAY 599 NEAR C.R. 70. DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT?S LEFT WING IMPACTED A TRAFFIC DIRECTION SIGN WHILE THE PILOT MANEUVERED TO AVOID A CAR ON THE HIGHWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED IN THE MEDIAN OF THE HIGHWAY. THE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING WAS SUBSTANTIAL. THE LEFT AILERON WAS TORN FROM ITS OUTBOARD ATTACHMENT, RENDERING IT INOPERATIVE AND WRINKLING THE WING SKIN THROUGHOUT THE LEFT WING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR THE PASSENGER.

## 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 GAA16CA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA320), Jun 16, 2016: Beech 77 (N60189), Santa Fe, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to takeoff over the maximum takeoff weight in high density altitude conditions, which resulted in an inability to climb above terrain, a forced landing, and a collision with a…

## Other reports on N60189 (1)

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

- [Incident 20160326004919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160326004919I), Mar 26, 2016: Beech 77 (N60189), Beaumont, TX, Minor damage. Pilot lost control of the aircraft on rollout after landing and ran off the left side of the runway. The nose gear broke and the prop struck the ground when…

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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