# Accident 20080530837119A: Piper PA28235, Amistad, NM, May 30, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2008, 11:15 local time
- Place: Amistad, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9375° N, 103.1161° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9375&lon=-103.1161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9122W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9122W-2015-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 600 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA160) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080530837119A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON MAY 30, 2008 AT 1115 MDT, A PA-28, N9122W, PILOTED BY THE REGISTERED OWNER MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING ABOUT 5 MILES NE OF AMISTAD, NM WHILE ON A PART 91 FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, THE PILOT WAS USING FLIGHT FOLLOWING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LOS CRUCES, NM ON MAY 30, 2008.

## 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 DFW08CA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA160), May 30, 2008: Piper PA-28-235 (N9122W), Amistad, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel starvation while in cruise flight. Contributing to the accident were incorrect maintenance, the fuel selector movement was impeded and a plowed field.

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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