# Accident 20251026020729A: Piper PA-46-310P, El Paso, TX, October 26, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2025, 10:13 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8215° N, 106.0981° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8215&lon=-106.0981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46CR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46CR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-46-310P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,100 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251026020729A

## Narrative

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

ON 10/26/2025 A PIPER MALIBU N46CR DEPARTED THE LAS CRUCES AIRPORT (KLRU) AT 0933 MDT WITH AN ATP RATED PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS ENROUTE TO ALBERTVILLE ALABAMA (KBFZ), WHILE CLIMBING AFTER DEPARTURE FROM (KLRU) THROUGH FL 19.0, THE ATP PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD BANG AND ALL VITALS/ENGINE INDICATIONS FELL TO ZERO. THE ATP PILOT ATTEMPTED AN OFF-FIELD LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD 33 MILES EAST OF THE EL PASO AIRPORT (KELP). UPON LANDING, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING CAUSING THE MAIN AND NOSE LANDING GEARS TO SHEER OFF, AIRCRAFT IMPACTED SHRUBS AND ROUGH TERRAIN CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFTS MAIN STRUCTURE. THE ATP RATED PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS EXPERIENCED NO INJURIES.  JRK

## 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 CEN26LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA030), Oct 26, 2025: Piper PA-46-310P (N46CR), El Paso, TX, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N46CR (1)

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

- [Incident 20150403004739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150403004739I), Apr 3, 2015: Piper PA-46-310P (N46CR), Boca Raton, FL, Minor damage. Pilot statement: Logbook: 863.5 total time Last 12 months: 65.5 hrs Last 3 months: 7.6 hrs Total time in type: 83 hrs Copies of class 2 medical and 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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