- Date
- July 17, 1986, 11:46 local (17:46 UTC)
- Place
- Ruidoso, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N976JGoertz Bushby Musting II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860717072169A
- Case key
- 17015
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
N976J landed on rwy 18, which is 5,500 ft long and 75 wide and has a concrete surface. The wind was from 210 deg at 10 with gusts to 20 KTS. The plt reports that the crosswind caused a swerve to the right and the acft ran off the right side of the rwy. The acft then collided with a drainage ditch and the main landing gear collapsed resulting in damage to the right wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N976J
- Reported as
- Goertz Bushby Musting II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 185
- Airframe hours
- 585
- Engine
- Continental IO-349, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James T. Hampton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 12, 1986 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- ROW · Roswell, NM
- Airport
- RUI · Ruidoso Muni, runway 18, 5,500 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 443 total · 195 in this make and model · 385 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RUI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.