# Incident 20100806040709I: Piper PA-28-140, Taos, NM, August 6, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2010, 20:50 local time
- Place: Taos, NM
- Airport: Taos Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4517° N, 105.6731° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAOS RGNL (SKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4517&lon=-105.6731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15580, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15580-2014-11-26) (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 PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 493 total, 16 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100806040709I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 6, 2010 AT 20:50 MT, A PIPER PA-28-140, REGISTERED TO TREE OF LIFE TRUST. SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT TAOS, NM (SKX).  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INURED.  THIS FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM TAOS, NM.

## Other reports on N15580 (2)

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

- [Incident 19781006031299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781006031299I), Oct 6, 1978: Piper PA28140 (N15580), New Haven, CT, Minor damage. Student pilot damaged the prop during porpoise from a hard landing. Made a successful go around.
- [Incident 19780429014859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780429014859I), Apr 29, 1978: Piper PA28140 (N15580), Worcester, ME, Minor damage. Student pilot lost control on touchdown and ran off side of runway.

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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