- Date
- October 8, 1987, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N711TTRockwell 690B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871008059079A
- Case key
- 17400
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft was landing on rwy 17 at coronado airport, 9 NM n of Albuquerque, NM intl arpt. Plt said he brought props into reverse and acft went off right side of rwy. Plt brought props out of reverse, realigned acft on rwy, and reversed props again. Acft went off right side of rwy and collided with rwy lights and culverts. Right main and nose landing gears collapsed. Witnesses said apch was too fast with high sink rate that was arrested in landing flare. Plt said he did not think there had been any mechanical failure or malfunction, but later wrote he thought left prop failed to reverse. Exam of acft revealed both prop blade tips curled opposite direction of rotation about 6 in from tip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N711TT
- Reported as
- Rockwell 690B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11362
- Airframe hours
- 1,829
- Engine
- Garrett TPE331-5-251K, 718 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ada Aircraft Museum
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 26, 1987 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- 2DT · Oklahoma City, OK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 4AC · Coronado, runway 17, 4,010 × 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
- 67
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,230 total · 1,086 in this make and model · 7,230 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 21 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABQ, 9 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.