Accident Cessna 414 N1648T, Tuesday 28 July 1987

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Date:	Tuesday 28 July 1987
Time:	15:30 LT
Type:	Cessna 414
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N1648T
MSN:	414-0428
Year of manufacture:	1973
Total airframe hrs:	2696 hours
Engine model:	Continental TSIO-520-N
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Cuba, NM - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Albuquerque, NM
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE ACFT WAS DISPATCHED TO THE CUBA, NM AREA TO PICK UP A CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT. THE STATE POLICE BLOCKED OFF A SECTION OF HIGHWAY FOR THE ACFT TO LAND ON. THE PLT LANDED ON THE HIGHWAY, BUT DRG THE LANDING ROLL, THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RGT WING STRUCK A ROAD MARKER POST. THE PLT BELIEVED THE DAMAGE WAS MINOR & CONTD THE MISSION. LATER, TWO FAA INSPECTORS EXAMINED THE ACFT. IN THEIR OPINION, A TWO INCH WIDE TEAR IN THE RGT AILERON CONSTITUTED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

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