- Date
- March 30, 2024, 15:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Angel Fire, NM
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9989RBeecraft Bonanza
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 194015
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during takeoff with a gusting crosswind..
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during takeoff with a gusting crosswind, the airplane veered to the left. He attempted to correct with right rudder an elevator inputs, however, the airplane continued to veer left, and he aborted the takeoff. The airplane exited the left side of runway and impacted a ditch, which resulted in substantial damage to the engine mounts. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the pilot was departing on runway 35 with wind from 250° at 12 to 15 knots, gusting to 18 to 20 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9989R
- Reported as
- Beecraft Bonanza
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-6632
- Built
- 1961
- Airframe hours
- 4,987
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aspen Aircraft LLC
- Registered owner
- Aspen Aircraft LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 2023
- Destination
- HSD · Piedmont, OK
- Airport
- AXX · Angel Fire, runway 17/35, 8,900 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 7, 2024
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 313 total · 152 in this make and model · 225 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 26 knots, gusting 39
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.91 inHg
- Observed at
- KLVS, 22 nm away
- METAR
- KLVS 302053Z AUTO 22026G39KT 10SM CLR 19/M12 A2991 RMK AO2 PK WND 23041/2033 SLP041 T01941122 56023 $
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 24, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.1 MB in all.