Piper PA-28RT-201T N8182J

Summary

On 3 October 1998 at about 01:20 local time, a Piper PA-28RT-201T registered N8182J was involved in an accident near Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

3 October 1998 at 01:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Coronado (4AC)

Coordinates

35.1797, -106.5905

Aircraft

Piper PA-28RT-201T

Registration

N8182J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Denver → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

DEN99LA005

Nobody was injured.

The premature flaring of the airplane, resulting in an inadvertent stall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

As the pilot approached his destination, another pilot informed him that runway 35 was the active runway. He was also warned of 50 foot trees near the approach end of the runway. The pilot said he remained 'higher on the approach. . .then reduced power and began a slightly more steep descent than usual' (using 25 degrees flaps.) When he flared the airplane approximately 10 feet above the runway, it 'must have stalled.' A hard landing followed.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.