# NTSB Accident WPR19LA223
> **Beech 35** · 2019-08-17 · Ruidoso, NM, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR19LA223
- **Event ID:** 20190818X03942
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2019-08-17
- **Location:** Ruidoso, NM, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.466667, -105.535
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** 35
- **Registration:** N5410D
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The airplane’s inability to maintain altitude during the initial climb due to a degradation in the airplane’s performance as a result of high-density altitude conditions at the time of takeoff. Contributing to the accident were the pilot’s inadequate preflight performance planning calculations.

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