# Accident 20140907024139A: Piper PA-28-140, Belen, NM, September 7, 2014 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 7, 2014, 13:29 local time - Place: Belen, NM - Airport: Belen/Alexander Municipal - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Other, Specify - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 34.7666° N, 106.8085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Belen, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7666&lon=-106.8085&mi=10 - Aircraft: N6693W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6693W-2016-03-10) (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: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 1 - Pilot certificates: Student - Pilot flight hours: 19 total, 19 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140907024139A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2014, AT 1329 MDT, N6693W, A PIPER CHEROKEE 140, PA-28-140/160, WAS ON A STUDENT TRAINING FLIGHT AT THE BELEN-ALEXANDER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (E80), BELEN, NM. THE WEATHER WAS GOOD VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS SUPERVISING THE STUDENT PILOT?S INITIAL SOLO FLIGHT IN THE PATTERN FOR AND ON RUNWAY 21. ON THE SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE BEFORE THE INSTRUCTOR OFFERED A ?GO- AROUND? INSTRUCTION OVER THE RADIO. THE STUDENT APPLIED FULL POWER, PITCHED UP TO A HIGHER THAN NORMAL CLIMB ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT YAWED APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES TO ITS LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT?S NOSE DROPPED BELOW THE HORIZON AND THEN IMMEDIATELY PITCHED BACK TO THE NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT CLEARED THE ROW OF HANGARS THAT WERE ADJACENT TO AND PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DESCENDED INTO A HANGAR BEHIND THE FIRST ROW OF HANGARS. THE AIRCRAFT TORE ITS WINGS OFF AS IT WENT THROUGH THE NORTH SIDE-WALL OF THE HANGAR, IT THEN ROLLED LEFT ON THE HANGAR FLOOR AND SLIDE TO A STOP WITH ITS NOSE CONE POKING THROUGH A HOLE IT CREATED IN THE EAST (BACK) WALL OF THE HANGAR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. APPROXIMATELY 20 GALLONS OF AVGAS WERE SPILLED WHEN THE WINGS SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE. THERE WAS NO FIRE. ## NTSB investigation None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search ## Other reports on N6693W (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20090605007429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090605007429I), Jun 5, 2009: Piper PA28140 (N6693W), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On June 5, 2009 at 0930 MDT, N6693W, a PA-28-140, ground looped during landing at the Albuquerque International Sunport (kabq). The student pilot, the… - [Incident 20020503009949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020503009949I), May 3, 2002: Piper PA28140 (N6693W), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) The student pilot was on a solo flight practicing landings. On his last landing he lost control during the landing rollout and skidded off the 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.