# Accident 19940119000629A: Piper PA34200T, Dallas, TX, January 19, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1994, 18:29 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Redbird Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8409° N, 96.8008° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8409&lon=-96.8008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123AH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N123AH-2013-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360EB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,097 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW94LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940119000629A

## Narrative

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

NOTICED UPPER DOOR LATCH NOT SECURED. ELECTED RETURN AND CLOSE IT. LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY. BECAME DISORIENTATED.

## 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 FTW94LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA068), Jan 20, 1994: Piper PA-34-200T (N123AH), Dallas, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT. A FACTOR WAS THE PILOT'S DISORIENTATION AND DARK NIGHT CONDITIONS.

## Other reports on N123AH (1)

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

- [Incident 19900227014639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900227014639I), Feb 27, 1990: Piper PA34200T (N123AH), Dallas, TX. Had radio navigation problems. Failed to comply with ATC clearance and instructions.

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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