# Incident 20240417004709I: Piper PA-28-180, Santa Teresa, NM, April 17, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2024, 11:45 local time
- Place: Santa Teresa, NM
- Airport: Dona Ana County International Jetport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8804° N, 106.7032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DONA ANA COUNTY INTL JETPORT (DNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8804&lon=-106.7032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8230W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8230W-2025-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,928 total, 400 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240417004709I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 17, 2024, AT 1145 MDT, A PIPER CHEROKEE 180, DEPARTED RUNWAY 28 DURING ITS LANDING ROLL AT DONA ANA COUNTY INTERNATIONAL JETPORT AIRPORT (DNA).  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING, ENGINE MOUNT, AND NOSE GEAR.  THE PERSONAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CIELO DORADO ESTATES AIRPORT (NM05) IN VFR CONDITIONS ON APRIL 17, 2024, AT 0900 MDT AND WAS PERFORMING A TOUCH AND GO AT DNA.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

THE PILOT STATED THAT, AS THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT PULLED IMMEDIATELY TO THE LEFT. HE ESTIMATED HIS SPEED ON TOUCHDOWN TO BE 60 KNOTS.  THE PILOT CONTINUED ADDING POWER AND PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE. WHILE IN GROUND EFFECT, THE PILOT REDUCED HIS POWER AND DRIFTED APPROXIMATELY 25 YARDS BEFORE LANDING ADJACENT TO THE HOLD SHORT FOR RUNWAY 10/28.  THE NOSE WHEEL SHEARED OFF.  THE LEFT-WING ROOT IMPACTED THE HOLD SHORT MARKER.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE ANOTHER 20 YARDS ON ITS NOSE.

THE NOSEWHEEL COULD HAVE BEEN CANTED ON TOUCHDOWN BUT THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NEGATED ANY POSSIBLE VERIFICATION.

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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