Piper PA-28-140 N707FL

Summary

On 5 October 1984 at about 17:03 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N707FL, operated by Warren Sparks, was involved in an accident near Silver City, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 October 1984 at 17:03

Classification

Accident

Location

Silver City, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Tuner Ridgeport (1E6)

Coordinates

32.7790, -108.2593

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N707FL

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Warren Sparks

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Glendale → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN85LA003

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT STATED AFTER THE ACCIDENT THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RWY 33. HE CONTINUED TO STATE THAT IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE LANDING FLARE, A 'TERRIFIC DOWNDRAFT' FORCED THE ACFT DOWN ON THE RWY. THE ACFT LANDED HARD AND THE PLT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND. HE SAID THE ACFT 'DID NOT FLY RIGHT' AFTER THE INITIAL HARD BOUNCE AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE ACFT STRUCK SEVERAL FENCE POST AND SETTLED TO THE GROUND. THE WIND WAS REPORTED TO BE FROM 270 DEGREES AT 5 KTS WITH 10 KTS GUSTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.