- Date
- September 2, 1991, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lordsburg, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N61248Boeing A 75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910902037389A
- Case key
- 18132
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Probable cause
Unexpected encounter with adverse wind (downdraft).
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
According to the pilot, during his takeoff climb, he encountered a downdraft and was unable to prevent his airspeed from dropping dangerously low as he tried to maintain flight. He said he was forced to make a forced landing before the aircraft stalled. The aircraft struck the ground in a relatively flat attitude and then struck some rising terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61248
- Reported as
- Boeing A 75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-7933
- Engine
- Continental R-670-6A, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Haicharles Hainline
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LSB · Lordsburg, NM
- Destination
- E14 · Tucson, AZ
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 30 in this make and model · 1,500 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 43 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.