20200229003759I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Hatch, NM · February 29, 2020

Date
February 29, 2020 · 17:05 local
Place
Hatch, NM
Airport
Hatch Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1872H
Reported as
Piper PA-31-350
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On February 29, 2020, at 1705 MST, a Piper PA-31, N1872H, registered to aerospace trust management, LLC, had an in-flight engine failure and the nose landing gear collapsed during an emergency landing at Hatch Municipal Airport (E05), in Hatch, new Mexico, while in route to las cruces, new Mexico (lru). Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage and the certificated pilot and crew member were not injured. The flight originated at truth or consequences, new Mexico (tcs) on February 29, 2020.

As the FAA filed it

ON FEBRUARY 29, 2020, AT 1705 MST, A PIPER PA-31, N1872H, REGISTERED TO AEROSPACE TRUST MANAGEMENT, LLC, HAD AN IN-FLIGHT ENGINE FAILURE AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT HATCH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (E05), IN HATCH, NEW MEXICO, WHILE IN ROUTE TO LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO (LRU). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFICATED PILOT AND CREW MEMBER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NEW MEXICO (TCS) ON FEBRUARY 29, 2020.

Other reports on N1872H · 2

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