Event DEN85LA217

1985-08-13 RUIDOSO, New Mexico, United States Airport · RUI None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2905B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-32-300

Year of manufacture

1979 · 6 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790619

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2F883

Registrant of record

HAWLEY TIMOTHY J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2905B Piper PA-32-300 None

Factual narrative

ACFT WAS 20 LBS OVER THE MAX GROSS WEIGHT. PLT SAID HE ABORTED THE FIRST TAKEOFF DUE TO A ROUGH RUNNING ENG. THE PLT PERFORMED A RUNUP AND ATTEMPTED A SECOND TAKEOFF WHICH WAS ABORTED AGAIN DUE TO ROUGH RUNNING ENG. THE ACFT RAN OFF END OF RWY AND STRUCK A DITCH. THE ENG WAS EXAMINED AFTER ACCIDENT AND WAS FOUND TO BE CAPABLE OF NORMAL OPERATION. THE DENSITY ALT WAS CALCULATED TO BE 9521 FT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_DEN85LA217.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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