# Accident 20081102850559A: Hempti LEGACY2000, Socorro, NM, November 2, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2008, 10:00 local time
- Place: Socorro, NM
- Airport: Socorro Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0225° N, 106.9031° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0225&lon=-106.9031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N273TE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N273TE-2017-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hemp Timothy LEGACY 2000 (registry code 056113I, https://openairdocs.org/model/hemp-timothy-legacy-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HEMPTI LEGACY2000
- Reported engine: CONT IO550N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 441 total, 78 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081102850559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 2, 2008 AT 1300 MST, A TIMOTHY HEMP (LANCAIR) LEGACY 2000, N273TE REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SKIDDED OF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 33 AT SOCORRO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT SOCORRO NEW MEXICO WHILE ON A LOCAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BELEN NEW MEXICO ON NOVEMBER 2, 2008 AT 09:00 MST.

## 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 CEN09CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA046), Nov 2, 2008: Hemp Timothy Legacy 200 (N273TE), Socorro, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the pilot to land with sufficient runway to stop the airplane on the runway. Contributing to the accident was the airplane's speed on final approach.

## Other reports on N273TE (1)

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

- [Accident 20120301002849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120301002849A), Mar 1, 2012: Hemp Timothy LEGACY 2000 (N273TE), Belen, NM, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On March 1, 2012 at 05:35 MST, an experimental, Lancair legacy 2000, N273TE, registered to george j. westbrook impacted the ground approximately 1.2 miles west…

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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