# NTSB DEN84FA144: Beech B23, N9137T, Ruidoso, NM, May 4, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 4, 1984, 14:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place: Ruidoso, NM
- Coordinates: 33.350021, -105.680274 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3500&lon=-105.6803&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16212
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84FA144
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16212/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA144

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - hurricane (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with geographic area, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT UPON LANDING A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY CENTER AND HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND. WITNESSES STATED THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 200 TO 300 FT AND STARTED A LEFT TURN. ENGINE POWER APPEARED TO BE MINIMAL. AS THE LEFT BANK WAS ESTABLISHED THE AIRCRAFT TURNED BACK TO THE RIGHT ABRUPTLY AND NOSED DOWN, COLLIDING NOSE FIRST WITH A TREE AND THEN THE GROUND. THE ACFT WAS IN A STEEP NOSE LOW, RIGHT WING LOW ATTITUDE DURING IMPACT. THE1430 MDT WIND WAS FROM 210 DEG AT 10 GUSTING 25 KTS. THE DENSITY ALT WAS CALCULATED TO BE 9298 FT. BETWEEN 3/21/84 & 5/4/84, THE PLT HAD ACCUMULATED 42 HRS OF FLYING TIME; HOWEVER, BEFORE THAT PERIOD, HE HAD NOT FLOWN FOR OVER 13 YRS. ALSO, HE DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT BIENNIAL FLT REVIEW. THIS WAS THE PLT'S 1ST FLT TO THE RUIDOSO ARPT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9137T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9137T-2013-07-29), registration cancelled 2013-07-29, S/N M-1154, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B23
- Registry model: [Beech B23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b23) (registry code 1151240) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M-1154
- Airframe hours: 1722
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A2G 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lubbock Lariat Gas Company
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, December 7, 1983, 25 hours before
- Departed: LBB, LUBBOCK, TX
- Destination: RUI, RUIDOSO, NM
- Airport: RUI, Ruidoso, runway 18, 5,500 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 206 total, 34 in this make and model, 157 as pilot in command, 42 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 10 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: RUI, 1 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840504015739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840504015739A), May 4, 1984: Beech B23BEECH, Ruidoso, NM, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft stalled and crashed as pilot attempted go around after aborted landing.

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.

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