# Incident 19960414046239I: Piper PA28180, Santa Teresa, NM, April 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1996, 13:15 local time
- Place: Santa Teresa, NM
- Airport: Santa Teresa Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8714° N, 106.6734° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Teresa, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8714&lon=-106.6734&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24372, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24372) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 260 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960414046239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 14, 1996, AT 1316 MDT, A PIPER PA-28, N24372, CONDUCTING A CROSSWIND LANDING ON RUNWAY 28 AT THE DONA ANA COUNTY AIRPORT, SANTA TERESA, NM FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE SOUTH AND COLLIDED WITH A CEMENT TAXIWAY SIGN FOUNDATION. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND ENGINE COWLING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PLEASURE FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AND VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N24372 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780226001949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780226001949I), Feb 26, 1978: Piper PA28/ (N24372), Rochester, NY, Substantial damage. Aircraft was landed short by commercial student. Nose gear struck frozen snowbank.

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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