Roswell Industrial Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Roswell, New Mexico 88201
Saturday, January 24, 1987 11:41 MST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

STUDENT PLT OBTAINED WX BRIEFING FROM FORT WORTH FSS AND FILED VFR FLT PLAN FOR X-COUNTRY FLT FROM PLAINVIEW, TEX, TO ROSWELL, NM, VIA HOBBS, NM,. PLT LANDED AT ROSWELL, REFUELED, AND FILED RETURN VFR FLT PLAN. HE DID NOT OBTAIN UPDATED WX BRIEFING. COLD FRONT HAD PASSED THROUGH AREA BRINGING WIND SHIFT AND HIGH GUSTY WINDS. PLT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RWY 30 AND WAS TOLD WINDS WERE 310 DEG AT 29KTS. AS PLT RELEASED BRAKES ATCT TOLD PLT THAT WINDS WERE 310 DEG AT 39 KTS. WIND GUST RAISED RIGHT WING AND ACFT WAS BLOWN OVER.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 1/24/1987
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1141
Event Time Zone Mountain Standard Time
Event City ROSWELL
Event State NEW MEXICO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 88201
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 1
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport ROSWELL INDUSTRIAL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID ROW
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 3669
Weather Briefing Completeness Full
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 1150 Mountain Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID ROW
Elevation of weather observation facility 3669
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation MST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 40
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 11
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -5
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 310
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 22
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 35
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) 4027
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 233
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jan 25 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1635
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 33107
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 1:36PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N8224X
NTSB Number DEN87LA045
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed VFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 172B
Aircraft Series Identifier 172B
Aircraft Serial Number 17258724
Certified Max Gross Weight 2200
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Feb 11 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 2220
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name MIKE HAIGOOD/BILL HARDAGE
Aircraft Owner Street Address 809 UTICA
Aircraft Owner City PLAINVIEW
Aircraft Owner State TX
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 79072
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name MIKE HAIGOOD/BILL HARDAGE
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 809 UTICA
Operator City PLAINVIEW
Operator State TX
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 79072
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Instructional
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 1140
Departure Time Zone MST
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code PVW
Destination City PLAINVIEW
Destination State TX
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Taxi
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 30
Runway Length 7415
Runway Width 200
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --