# NTSB FTW83IA258: Beech 200, N56RT, Eagle Nest, NM, May 30, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: May 30, 1983, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Eagle Nest, NM
- Coordinates: 36.550792, -105.260848 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5508&lon=-105.2608&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20778
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83IA258
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20778/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83IA258

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ACFT INADVERTENTLY LANDED WITH GEAR UP DUE TO MULTIPLE DISTRACTIONS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N56RT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BB-817
- Airframe hours: 758
- Engines: P&W PT6A-41 850 horsepower turbo prop; P&W PT6A-41 850 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Registered owner: Rust Investment Co.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: ABQ, ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Airport: E91, Angel Fire, runway 35, 6,700 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,000 total, 450 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 15 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 70 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19830530032289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830530032289I), May 30, 1983: Beech 200BEECH, Angel Fire, NM, Minor damage. Landed with gear retracted. Stated he did not put gear down on downwind due to wind conditions. 30 mph wind gusts.

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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