# Accident 20031222033569A: Piper PA12, Edgewood, NM, December 22, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 2003, 16:20 local time
- Place: Edgewood, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0944° N, 106.1672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0944&lon=-106.1672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4159M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4159M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,951 total, 100 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031222033569A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACFT ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE OCCURRED APPROX. 3.2 NM NW OF THE SANDIA AIRPARK (DESTINATION). UPON ON SCENE INSPECTION BY TWO FAA INSPECTORS IT WAS NOTED THAT THE ORIGINAL REPORT OF ENGINE STOPPAGE APPEARED ACCURATE HOWEVER, NO "RESIDUAL FUEL" WAS NOTED IN EITHER FUEL TANK BY BOTH INSPECTORS AT THE SITE. WHEN QUERIED, THE PILOT DID RESPOND THAT NO FUEL WAS RECOVERED FROM THE ACFT DURING RECOVERY.

## 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 DEN04LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA032), Dec 23, 2003: Piper PA-12 (N4159M), Edgewood, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning and decision making. Factors contributing to the accident include the resulting fuel exhaustion, the snow covered field and the fence.

## Other reports on N4159M (1)

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

- [Accident 20180728018249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180728018249A), Jul 28, 2018: Piper PA-12 (N4159M), Edgewood, NM, Substantial damage. On July 28, 2018, at 2000 MDT, a Piper super cruiser (PA-12), N4159M, registered to [privacy data omitted], ground looped on landing at Sandia airpark Estates…

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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