- Date
- March 17, 1982, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Farmington, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N91317Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820317004299A
- Case key
- 70672
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf
Mixture control - binding(mechanical)Cause
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The aircraft lost power during a cross country flight. During the subsequent forced landing on a dirt road the aircraft collided with a ditch and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91317
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-81A0160
- Airframe hours
- 131
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Charlee A. Galbreath
- Registered owner
- Aviation Sales, Inc.
- Departed
- Albuquerque, NM
- Destination
- Grand Junction, CO
N91317Registration cancelled Jun 27, 2013 · Piper PA-38-112Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,641 total · 124 in this make and model · 1,495 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.