# Incident 19940730033019I: Piper PA25, Taos, NM, July 30, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1994, 14:30 local time
- Place: Taos, NM
- Airport: Taos Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4517° N, 105.6731° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAOS RGNL (SKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4517&lon=-105.6731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6304Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6304Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25
- Reported engine: LYC O540G1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 10 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940730033019I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 30, 1994, AT 14:30 MDT, A PIPER PA-25, N6304Z, REGISTERED TO AIR SAXTON LEASING, INC., 3115 PINE STREET, SUITE 803, WACO, TX, WHILE ON A LOCAL FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT, GROUND LOOPED UPON LANDING. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER; THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS UNINJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE WITH A CURRENT 2ND CLASS MEDICAL. THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED AT TAOS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ON JULY 30, 1994, AT APPROXIMATELY 14:10 MDT. ACCORDING TO AN EYE WITNESS, THE AIRCRAFT WHEN LANDING ASSUMED A NORMAL FLAIR, AS THE PLANE SETTLED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TENDED TO DISPLACE OUTBOARD MORE THAN NORMALLY. THE WITNESS TURNED HIS ATTENTION ELSEWHERE AND HE HEARD TIRES SCREECHING AND TURNED TO SEE THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOP. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR SUPPORT ROD END HAD FAILED DUE TO A STRESS CRACK THAT HAD BEGUN AT AN EARLIER TIME.

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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