- Date
- October 3, 1973
- Place
- Silver City, NM · SILVER CITY, NM
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6844QBeech B55
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731003030029A
- Case key
- 188277
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3165 73/10/3 SILVER CITY,N MEX BEECH B55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0620 N6844Q PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS AGE 51, 13000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 525 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TURNER RIDGEPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SILVER CITY,N MEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ANIMALS TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- R PROP AND WG HIT COW THAT RAN ONTO RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6844Q
- Reported as
- Beech B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Turner Ridgeport
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.