# NTSB DEN88LA104: Beech H35, N618T, Ruidoso, NM, May 1, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 1, 1988, 13:38 local (19:38 UTC)
- Place: Ruidoso, NM
- Location: 33.4609° N, 105.5301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIERRA BLANCA RGNL (SRR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4609&lon=-105.5301&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 7, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17468
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA104
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17468/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA104

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with weather, landing - roll
  - weather condition - gusts (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - not possible (cause)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - aircraft performance - exceeded (contributing factor)
- Nose down, landing - roll
  - landing gear - overload
  - landing gear - collapsed

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N618T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N618T-2013-08-19), registration cancelled 2013-08-19, S/N D-5242, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H35
- Registry model: [Beech H35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h35) (registry code 1151520) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-5242
- Airframe hours: 3880
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-G10 240 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Hicks, Travis B.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 13, 1987, 41 hours before
- Departed: ABQ, ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Airport: SRR, Sierra Blanca Regional, runway 24, 8,100 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 705 total, 242 in this make and model, 622 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 25 knots, gusting 50
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SRR, 1 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 19880501011239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880501011239A), May 1, 1988: Beech H35, Ruidoso, NM, Substantial damage. Pilot was warned of 50 knot wind for landing. Wind gust raised a wing on touchdown then slammed it down onto runway

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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