Plane Crash List

Piper PA-38-112 N23497

19 December 1987 · Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 19 December 1987 at about 20:10 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N23497, operated by Waide P. Noel, was involved in an accident near Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:10
Classification
Accident
Location
Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
Nearest airport
Crawford (LRU)
Coordinates
32.2197, -106.9895
Aircraft
Piper PA-38-112
Registration
N23497
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Waide P. Noel
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Las Cruces → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN88LA039

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

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

WHILE PRACTICING CROSSWIND LANDINGS THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE STUDENT TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY WITH APRX 5 KNOT CROSSWIND. UPON TOUCH DOWN, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR INBD RETENTION BOLT HAD FAILED CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR ASSEMBLY TO SEPARATE FROM THE ACFT. METALLURGIST EXAMINATION OF THE BROKEN BOLT REVEALED EVIDENCE OF A PROGRESSIVE FAILURE. THE BOLT WAS PIPER PART NUMBER 402 742.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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