- Date
- March 8, 1985, 17:30 local (Mar 9, 1985, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Taos, NM
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9735EBellanca 17-30A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850308009599A
- Case key
- 16646
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - high density altitudeFactor
Performance data - not identifiedCause
All available runway - inadequateCause
Aborted takeoff - delayedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Analysis
The plt said that he made a late decision to abort his takeoff and that he was unable to stop the acft before it ran off the end of the rwy into sage brush covered terrain. The acft sustained damage but no one was injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9735E
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-30779
- Airframe hours
- 950
- Engine
- Continental IO-520KIA, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward Evanish
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SKX · Taos, NM
- Destination
- Lincoln, NE
- Airport
- SKX · Taos Municipal, runway 22, 5,800 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 616 total · 148 in this make and model · 471 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.