- Date
- June 26, 1984, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N44017Piper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840626027169A
- Case key
- 16415
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Analysis
While en route, the acft's ELT suddenly activated. The plt made an unplanned landing at laguna, NM to correct the ELT problem, then he continued on to coronado arpt at Albuquerque, NM. He said this incident made him tense. After receiving radar vectors to the arpt, apch control issued a last minute warning that rwy 17/35 (the main rwy) was closed at coronado. The plt was unable to receive a response on the coronado UNICOM freq; however, based on an advisory to another acft, he elected to land on rwy 21. During the apch, the acft was high & fast. It touched down about 1/3 of the way down the rwy. The plt raised the flaps & applied brakes, but was unable to decelerate as fast as he expected. To avoid hitting a fence near the end of the rwy, he applied left brake & rudder & the acft went off the left side, hit sand & nosed down when the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44017
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28 7405217
- Airframe hours
- 1,100
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Monte Elmore
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 20, 1984
- Departed
- 70E · Laguna
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 4AC · Coronado, runway 21, 3,500 × 50 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,041 total · 205 in this make and model · 2,014 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
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