# Incident 20000328002319I: Piper PA23250, Cuba, NM, March 28, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2000, 09:40 local time
- Place: Cuba, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0146° N, 106.9680° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cuba, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0146&lon=-106.9680&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5288Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5288Y-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 35 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000328002319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 28, 2000 AT 0940 MST, N5288Y, A PIPER PA-23-250, OWNED BY A CORPORATION AND OPERATED BY AN EMPLOYEE EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING AFTER ENCOUNTERING ICING CONDITIONS, ON NM STATE HIGHWAY 537, 15 MILES NW OF CUBA, NM CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT.  THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT DEPARTED DURANCE, CO AT APPROXIMATELY 0905 MST ENROUTE TO BELEN, NM, THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER 15 CFR PART 91.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.