- Date
- August 23, 1985, 06:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place
- Angel Fire, NM
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N25ABBeech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850823047279A
- Case key
- 16754
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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.
Analysis
The aircraft collided with the ground off to the side of the runway during a go around. The pilot had retracted the flaps and gear prior to ground contact. The pilot said he should not have retracted the flaps to the full up position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25AB
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-9341
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael E. Jones
- Registered owner
- Steve Taylor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- AMA · Amarillo, TX
- Destination
- E91 · Angel Fire, NM
- Airport
- E91 · Eagle Nest, runway 17, 6,700 × 60 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 727 total · 76 in this make and model · 631 as pilot in command · 102 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.