# Accident 20000621011379A: Piper PA28140, Ben Wheeler, TX, June 21, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2000, 06:25 local time
- Place: Ben Wheeler, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4096° N, 95.6605° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4096&lon=-95.6605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55769, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55769) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000621011379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 21, 2000, AT 0625 CDT, A PIPER-28-140 SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM A GRASS STRIP IN BEN WHEELER, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BY THE OWNER, MR. JOSEPH P. URBAN, JR. A PRIVATE PILOT, WHO RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED UNDER CFR 14 PART 91 OF THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS.  THE PILOT STATED THAT, SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, HE TURNED SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT TO AVOID OVERFLYING A HOUSE ON THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  THERE WAS A POWER LINE WHICH CROSSED THE END OF THE RUNWAY AT A HEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE CLEARED THE POWER LINE BY ABOUT 50 FEET AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED DOWN AND BANKED TO THE RIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND, RIGHT WING LOW, AND THE NOSE LOW, SPUN AROUND AND DAMAGED THE LEFT WING ALSO.

## 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 FTW00LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA183), Jun 21, 2000: Piper PA-28-140 (N55769), Ben Wheeler, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent stall of the aircraft.

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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