# Accident 20001126023899A: Piper PA46310P, Gainesville, TX, November 26, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 2000, 23:22 local time
- Place: Gainesville, TX
- Airport: Gainesville Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6301° N, 97.1509° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6301&lon=-97.1509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9298Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001126023899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 26, 2000, AT APPROX. 2322 CST, WHILE ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, TO ADDISON, TEXAS, N9298Y, A PIPER PA-46-310P A/C, EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE IN THE VICINITY OF GAINESVILLE, TX. THE A/C DEVERTED TO THE GAINESVILLE, TX. AIRPORT. DURING THE LANDING APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT, THE ENGINE QUIT, FORCING THE A/C TO LAND APPROX. 300 YARDS SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE S/C SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE. THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE A/C, WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 FTW01LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA026), Nov 27, 2000: Piper PA-46-310P (N9298Y), Gainesville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the loss of engine power due to improper splicing of the TIT thermocouple leads by unknown persons, which led to over temperature operation of the engine due to inaccurate TIT gauge readings.…

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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