Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Mosquero, New Mexico 87733
Wednesday, June 18, 1986 17:58 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING AT LOW ALTITUDE WHEN IT PITCHED UP AT A STEEP ANGLE, CLIMBED ABOUT 400 FT, ROLLED OFF ON LEFT WING, DESCENDED INTO THE GROUND, EXPLODED AND BURNED. POST ACCIDENT EXAM REVEALED THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED BUT THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED 12 DEGREES. NO EVIDENCE OF AIRFRAME, ENGINE, PROP, FLIGHT CONTROL, OR SYSTEM FAILURE WAS FOUND.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/18/1986
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 1758
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City MOSQUERO
Event State NEW MEXICO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 87733
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 0
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Witness
Time of the weather observation 1755 Mountain Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 154
Weather Observation Facility ID TCC
Elevation of weather observation facility 4063
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 38
Time Zone of the weather observation MDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 20000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 5000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 30
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 27
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 15
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 130
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 18
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 8206
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal 1
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1677
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jun 18 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 2100
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 32113
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:14AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N333RS
NTSB Number DEN86FA165
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire Ground
Aircraft Explosion Ground
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BEECH
Aircraft Model A36
Aircraft Series Identifier A36
Aircraft Serial Number E-849
Certified Max Gross Weight 3600
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 Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jul 31 1985 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 1832
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name ALBERT J. MITCHELL
Aircraft Owner Street Address TEQUESQUITE RANCH
Aircraft Owner City ALBERT
Aircraft Owner State NM
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 87733
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
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) Business
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code
Departure City YATES
Departure State NM
Departure Country
Departure Time 1730
Departure Time Zone MDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code
Destination City ALBERT
Destination State NM
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length 0
Runway Width 0
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --