# Accident 20080417832189A: Piper PA28181, Reserve, NM, April 17, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2008, 13:40 local time
- Place: Reserve, NM
- Airport: Reserve
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7014° N, 108.8603° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7014&lon=-108.8603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6260J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6260J-2015-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA28181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 110 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080417832189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 17, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1340 MDT, N6260J, A PIPER PA-28-181 ARCHER, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT CRASHED DURING TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 24 AT THE RESERVE, NM AIRPORT. THE PRIVATE PILOT, A MEMBER OF THE LLC WHICH OWNED THE AIRCRAFT, AND TWO PASSENGERS RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED UPHILL ON A RUNWAY WITH A 2% GRADIENT. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE DEPARTED INTO THE PREVAILING GROUND WIND AND AT ABOUT 30 TO 50 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND ENCOUNTERED A QUARTERING RIGHT TAILWIND. THE PILOT WAS GOING TO TRY TO LAND ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY BUT WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY, HIT A TREE, AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY A POST-CRASH FIRE. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT PLANNED TO FLY TO MESA, AZ. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 DEN08LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA079), Apr 17, 2008: Piper PA-28-181 (N6260J), Reserve, NM, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of aircraft control, resulting in an inadvertent stall. Contributing factors in this accident were the sudden windshift to a gusting tailwind, an uphill runway, high density…

## Other reports on N6260J (1)

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

- [Incident 19790115001659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790115001659I), Jan 15, 1979: Piper PA28181 (N6260J), Evansville, IN. Pilot taxied over snow ridges, struck prop on pavement

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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