# Accident 20051007024449A: Piper PA28140, Mimbres, NM, October 7, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2005, 12:08 local time
- Place: Mimbres, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1008° N, 107.8047° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1008&lon=-107.8047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55910, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55910-2005-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 55 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06LA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051007024449A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 DEN06LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06LA004), Oct 7, 2005: Piper PA-28-140 (N55910), Truth or Conseq, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the 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,…

## Other reports on N55910 (1)

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

- [Accident 19750131001439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750131001439A), Jan 31, 1975: Piper PA28140 (N55910), Vidal Junction, CA, Substantial damage. Landed on closed rwy with ditches across.

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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