# Incident 20200229003759I: Piper PA-31-350, Hatch, NM, February 29, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 29, 2020, 17:05 local time
- Place: Hatch, NM
- Airport: Hatch Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6603° N, 107.1954° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HATCH MUNI (E05), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6603&lon=-107.1954&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1872H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1872H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-350
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200229003759I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20151029018009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151029018009I), Oct 29, 2015: Piper PA-31-350 (N1872H), Huntsville, AL, Minor damage. Pilot taxied to the runway and completed the engine run-up checks at the runway hold short line. When pulling the throttles back to idle after the run-up he…
- [Incident 20020514012679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020514012679I), May 14, 2002: Piper PA31350 (N1872H), Huntsville, AL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated that after preflighting, the aircraft was boarded in preparation for flight. When the main battery switch was turned on, an aural warning…

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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