- Date
- July 27, 1990, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ruidoso, NM
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N105YVCessna 208A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900727028819A
- Case key
- 17842
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Probable cause
Engine failure due to failure of the gas producer and power turbine assemblies. A factor in the accident was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
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
When power was reduced to begin initial descent for approach and landing the engine lost power and the pilot performed a forced landing on a road. The road had a 4% upgrade and curved to the right. During the rollout the outboard end of the right wing struck a tree damaging the wing carry through spar. Metallurgical testing revealed the cause of the power loss to be failure of the gas producer turbine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N105YV
- Reported as
- Cessna 208A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20800105
- Airframe hours
- 6,621
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-114, 600 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Mesa Airlines
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 21, 1990 · 48 hours before
- Departed
- ELP · El Paso, TX
- Destination
- SRR
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,697 total · 491 in this make and model · 1,572 as pilot in command · 268 in the last 90 days · 98 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- SRR, 3 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.