# NTSB UNK64X3799: Piper PA28, N8636W, Coyote, NM, September 5, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: September 5, 1964
- Place: Coyote, NM · COYOTE, NM
- Location: 36.1509° N, 106.6076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coyote, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1509&lon=-106.6076&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 6, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182057
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3799
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3799

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2782   64/9/5    COYOTE N MEX        PIPER PA28          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 32, 108
        TIME - 1845                    N8636W              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
                                  APPROACHING DARKNESS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8636W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8636W-1973-06-25), registration cancelled 1973-06-25, S/N 28-10152, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (registry code 7102810) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N8636W (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 CHI73AC019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73AC019), Aug 17, 1972: Piper PA-28 (N8636W), Marine City, MI, destroyed, 1 fatal

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.

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