# Accident 19820502012929A: Piper PA28140, Mescalero, NM, May 2, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1982, 14:03 local time
- Place: Mescalero, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1346° N, 105.7999° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mescalero, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1346&lon=-105.7999&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1884J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1884J-1984-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,162 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FQD11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQD11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820502012929A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BEGAN CLIMB AFTER LOW PASS OVER HIGHWAY BELOW SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS. UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN. HIT TREES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW82FQD11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQD11), May 2, 1982: Piper PA-28-140 (N1884J), Mescalero, NM, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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