# Accident 20000204011999A: Piper PA28180, Frisco, TX, February 4, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2000, 16:54 local time
- Place: Frisco, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1401° N, 96.8105° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1401&lon=-96.8105&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6506J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6506J-2000-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00FA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000204011999A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 2/4/00, PILOT MARTIN EUGENE WRIGHT, CERTIFICATE #451154784  AND PASSENGER, DEPARTED AERO COUNTRY (TX05) IN A PIPER PA28-180, N6506J ON A FAR 91 VFR FLIGHT IN VMC CONDITIONS. ACCORING TO WITNESSES, THE PASSENGER TELEPHONED THEIR LOCAL PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND TOLD THEM THEY WOULD FLY OVER. AT THE PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT CO-WORKERS WERE GATHERED OUTSIDE TO WATCH THE FLY OVER. WITNESSES STATED THE PILOT MADE A VERY LOW PASS AND STRUCK THE TREES. INVESTIGATION INDICATES SEVERAL TREES WERE STRUCK ALONG THE FLIGHT PATH AND THE FLIGHT TERMINATED WHEN THE A/C IMPACTED A RAILROAD TRESSLE. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE. THE A/C WAS DEMOLISHED. BOTH OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED FATAL INJURY.

## 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 FTW00FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00FA079), Feb 4, 2000: Piper PA-28-180 (N6506J), Frisco, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with trees during an intentional low altitude flight maneuver.

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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