- Date
- September 8, 2000, 16:52 local (22:52 UTC)
- Place
- Ruidoso, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N269DPCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000908007509A
- Case key
- 50223
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll. A contributing factor was the crosswind weather condition.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot 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 that the winds were calm. Witnesses stated that the airplane exited the right side of the runway and struck a runway light. The left wheel separated and the airplane nosed over.
Factual narrative
On September 8, 2000, at 1652 mountain daylight time, a Cessna A185F, N269DP, was substantially damaged during a loss of control on landing roll 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 from La Grange, Texas, 3 hours, 37 minutes before the accident. The pilot had not filed a flight plan.
The pilot said that he was landing on runway 06. He told the investigating New Mexico State Police officer that during the landing "everything felt good and I don't know what happened."
Witnesses stated that the airplane exited the right side of the runway, and struck a runway light. The left wheel separated and the airplane nosed over. The vertical stabilizer was bent, the right strut was bent, and the left wing was wrinkled. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector found two 100 foot long black skid marks on the runway.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N269DP
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503252
- Engine
- Continental IO520F, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Goetz Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3T5 · La Grange, TX
- Destination
- SRR
- Airport
- SRR · Sierra Blanca Regional, runway 6, 8,099 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 704 total · 147 in this make and model · 704 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 11 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 174 °F, dew point 106 °F
- Observed at
- SRR
FAA reports on this event · 1
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