# Accident 20100912045299A: Piper PA-46-310P, Farmington, NM, September 12, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2010, 12:04 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7381° N, 108.2244° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7381&lon=-108.2244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24WW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24WW-2018-01-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-46-310P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 264 total, 1,068 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA533](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA533) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100912045299A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 AT 1204 MDT, N24WW, A PIPER PA-46-310P, MALIBU, REGISTERED TO AVIONTA, LLC LANDED WITH ITS GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 25 AT THE FARMINGTON FOUR CORNERS AIRPORT (FMN), FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP IN THE SAFETY AREA OFF THE SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 25, JUST EAST OF RUNWAY 23, AND APPROXIMATELY 4,300 FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 25.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS NOT INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN FROM ANIMAS AIRPARK (00C), DURANGO, COLORADO UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES.  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 CEN10CA533](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA533), Sep 12, 2010: Piper PA46-310P (N24WW), Farmington, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s premature retraction of the landing gear and the flaps during landing. Contributing to the accident was the inadvertent dimming of the cockpit lighting, resulting in a perceived unsafe…

## Other reports on N24WW (1)

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

- [Accident 19930319005749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930319005749A), Mar 19, 1993: Piper PA46310P (N24WW), Hailey, ID, Substantial damage. Appears p factor and torque caused swerve to left on takeoff roll further agravated by back pressure. Hit snowbank

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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