# Incident 20080714842349I: Piper PA28140, El Valle, Mexico, July 14, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2008
- Place: El Valle, Mexico
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N1331T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1331T) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 352 total, 333 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080714842349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 14, 2008, N1331T WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN EL VALLE, MEXICO; HOWEVER, THE RUNWAY WAS FLOODED SO PERSONNEL AT THE AIRPORT WAVED THE PILOT TOWARD A HIGHWAY WHERE THEY BLOCKED TRAFFIC SO THE PILOT COULD LAND. IT WAS RAINING AND NEARLY DARK AS THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON THE HIGHWAY. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, A SMALL HIGHWAY SIGN WAS NOT VISIBLE ON APPROACH AND WAS STRUCK WITH THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT. ONLY MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE WING OF THE AIRCRAFT AND NO DAMAGE TO THE SIGN. THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. FOLLOWING THE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE AIRPORT.

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