# Accident 20180831016129A: Piper Aircraft Inc PA 46-350P, Santa Teresa, NM, August 31, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2018, 17:00 local time
- Place: Santa Teresa, NM
- Airport: Dona Ana County International Jetport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8806° N, 106.7033° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8806&lon=-106.7033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N747DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N747DA-2021-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104619, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A (registry code 41999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-ae2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA 46-350P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AE2A
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 700 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA383](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA383) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180831016129A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 31, 2018, AT 1700 MST,  A PIPER, AIRCRAFT N747DA, REGISTERED TO INDEL FOOD PRODUCTS, INC., RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AT SANTA TERESA, NM DURING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED, THIS WAS THE 1ST FLIGHT OF THE DAY.

## 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 CEN18LA383](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA383), Aug 31, 2018: Piper PA46 (N747DA), Santa Teresa, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to attempt to take off in an overweight airplane in high density altitude conditions, which resulted in the airplane’s inability to climb, an aborted takeoff, and a subsequent…

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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