20051007024449A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Mimbres, NM · October 7, 2005

Date: October 7, 2005 · 12:08 local
Place: Mimbres, NM
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N55910
NTSB investigation: NTSBDEN06LA004
Reported as: Piper PA28140
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 200 total55 in this make and model56 in the last 90 days

N55910Registration cancelled Dec 21, 2005 · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-7325528 · Built 1973 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On October 7, 2005, at 1208 MDT, a Piper PA-28-140, N55910, registered to the pilot privacy data omitted collided with terrain while in cruise flight near Mimbres, new Mexico, while on a personal flight. Marginal visual, or instrument, meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft was destroyed and the private pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated at double eagle ii airport, albuquerque, new Mexico, on October 7, 2005, at 1105 MDT. The wreckage was not found until October 9, 2005, at 1530 MDT.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON OCTOBER 7, 2005, AT 1208 MDT, A PIPER PA-28-140, N55910, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT NEAR MIMBRES, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. MARGINAL VISUAL, OR INSTRUMENT, METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DOUBLE EAGLE II AIRPORT, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, ON OCTOBER 7, 2005, AT 1105 MDT. THE WRECKAGE WAS NOT FOUND UNTIL OCTOBER 9, 2005, AT 1530 MDT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DEN06LA004Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportTruth or Conseq, NMthe pilot's attempt to fly VFR into instrument meteorological conditions, and his failure to maintain terrain clearance. Contributing factors were the reported low ceiling and mountain obscuration, resulting in the pilot being unable to maintain a visual…Oct 7, 2005 · Destroyed

Other reports on N55910 · 1

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

Accident 19750131001439ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Vidal Junction, CALanded on closed rwy with ditches across.Jan 31, 1975 · Substantial damage