ALBUQUERQUE, NM, USA
N711TT
ROCKWELL 690B
ACFT WAS LANDING ON RWY 17 AT CORONADO AIRPORT, 9 NM N OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM INTL ARPT. PLT SAID HE BROUGHT PROPS INTO REVERSE AND ACFT WENT OFF RIGHT SIDE OF RWY. PLT BROUGHT PROPS OUT OF REVERSE, REALIGNED ACFT ON RWY, AND REVERSED PROPS AGAIN. ACFT WENT OFF RIGHT SIDE OF RWY AND COLLIDED WITH RWY LIGHTS AND CULVERTS. RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE LANDING GEARS COLLAPSED. WITNESSES SAID APCH WAS TOO FAST WITH HIGH SINK RATE THAT WAS ARRESTED IN LANDING FLARE. PLT SAID HE DID NOT THINK THERE HAD BEEN ANY MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, BUT LATER WROTE HE THOUGHT LEFT PROP FAILED TO REVERSE. EXAM OF ACFT REVEALED BOTH PROP BLADE TIPS CURLED OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF ROTATION ABOUT 6 IN FROM TIP.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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