# Accident 19910718029019A: Piper PA38112, Whitherral, TX, July 18, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1991, 00:30 local time
- Place: Whitherral, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7392° N, 102.3278° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whitharral, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7392&lon=-102.3278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9326T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9326T-1999-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 72 total, 72 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW91FA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91FA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910718029019A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

IMPACTED AT HIGH SPEED IN OPEN FIELD AND DISINTEGRATED. PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER PENDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 FTW91FA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91FA124), Jul 18, 1991: Piper PA-38-112 (N9326T), Whitharral, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: POWER LOSS DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. FACTORS WERE THE PILOT'S OPERATION WITH THE KNOWN INOPERATIVE LANDING LIGHT AND THE DARK NIGHT.

## Other reports on N9326T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800613053689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800613053689I), Jun 13, 1980: Piper PA38112 (N9326T), Elizabethtown, KY, Minor damage. Hard landing resulted in running off runway, striking runway light and damaging engine mount.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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