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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28R-201 · Clovis, NM · August 11, 1995

Date
August 11, 1995 · 06:45 local
Place
Clovis, NM
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N43985

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-16) The pilot stated he caused this accident by mismanagement of use of flap coming off a run to turn on the reverse course when he retracted the flaps at the wrong time (too soon) and stalled the airplane in a turn (with low airspeed).

As the FAA filed it

(-16) THE PILOT STATED HE CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT BY MISMANAGEMENT OF USE OF FLAP COMING OFF A RUN TO TURN ON THE REVERSE COURSE WHEN HE RETRACTED THE FLAPS AT THE WRONG TIME (TOO SOON) AND STALLED THE AIRPLANE IN A TURN (WITH LOW AIRSPEED).