# Incident 20250124003269I: Piper PA-28-180, Carlsbad, NM, January 24, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2025, 10:00 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, NM
- Airport: Cavern City Air Trml
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3374° N, 104.2634° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAVERN CITY AIR TRML (CNM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3374&lon=-104.2634&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7516W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7516W) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250124003269I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 24, 2025, AT 1000 CST, A PIPER CHEROKEE 180 AIRCRAFT REGISTERED TO A FIXED BASE OPERATOR AT CAVARN CITY AIR TERMINAL DEPARTED THE RUNWAY 14L AFTER THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING THE LANDING ROLL AT CAVERN CITY AIR TERMINAL, NM.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON STUDENT PILOT SOLO FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE STUDENT PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CAVERN CITY AIR TERMINAL IN CARLSBAD, NM ON JANUARY 24, 2025 AT 0930 CST.

## Other reports on N7516W (1)

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

- [Incident 20260905012209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260905012209I), Sep 5, 2026: Piper PA-28-180 (N7516W), Temple, TX, Minor damage. The pilot departed from hillsboro municipal airport (kinj) with the intended destination of georgetown municipal airport (kgtu). Near Temple, Texas, the pilot…

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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