- Date
- April 23, 1983, 16:38 local (23:38 UTC)
- Place
- Anthony, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8728PPiper PA-24-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830423016459A
- Case key
- 20873
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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.
Analysis
The acft was damaged in a forced landing after a power loss in cruise flt. The plt said the engine began to run rough & then lost power completely. His attempts to restart were unsuccessful and he made a forced landing on a dirt road. Theroad had 3 ft high dirt banks on either side about 28 ft apart. The wings struck the embankments. The engine was examined and test run after the accident and performed normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8728P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-4178
- Airframe hours
- 2,900
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-D4AS, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ralph D. Peeler Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 9, 1983 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- 7E0 · Aquila, AZ
- Destination
- ELP · El Paso, TX
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 420 in this make and model · 9,850 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ELP, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.