- Date
- October 11, 1987, 18:50 local (Oct 12, 1987, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Lordsburg, NM
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N530FLPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871011059589A
- Case key
- 17403
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Analysis
The pilot said that he reduced the throttle during the descent to traffic pattern alt at the dusty acres arpt and when he pushed the throttle in, the throttle cable broke. The eng went to idle power and quit. The pilot executed an emergency landing on a gravel road. During the rollout, the acft struck a fence, veered to the left and collided with a ditch. Plt was unable to locate aircraft records therefore the dates of maintenance inspection are unknown.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N530FL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287125359
- Airframe hours
- 3,316
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Coker
- Registered owner
- Medlin Henry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
- Destination
- Cotton City, NM
- Airport
- Dusty Acres
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 617 total · 55 in this make and model · 593 as pilot in command · 59 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.