# NTSB DEN86FA165: Beech A36, N333RS, Mosquero, NM, June 18, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 18, 1986, 17:58 local (23:58 UTC)
- Place: Mosquero, NM
- Coordinates: 35.77087, -103.949592 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7709&lon=-103.9496&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16830
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86FA165
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16830/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA165

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - ground
- Fire/explosion, other

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING AT LOW ALTITUDE WHEN IT PITCHED UP AT A STEEP ANGLE, CLIMBED ABOUT 400 FT, ROLLED OFF ON LEFT WING, DESCENDED INTO THE GROUND, EXPLODED AND BURNED. POST ACCIDENT EXAM REVEALED THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED BUT THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED 12 DEGREES. NO EVIDENCE OF AIRFRAME, ENGINE, PROP, FLIGHT CONTROL, OR SYSTEM FAILURE WAS FOUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N333RS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E-849
- Airframe hours: 1832
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-BA(12) 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Albert J. Mitchell
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 31, 1985
- Departed: YATES, NM
- Destination: ALBERT, NM

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 6,086 total, 1,712 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 18 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TCC, 38 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 19860618034509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860618034509A), Jun 18, 1986: Beech A36, Mosquero, NM, Destroyed. The aircraft was noted to pull up sharply at low altitude and impact ground nose down. Suspect pilot was distracted

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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