# Accident 20011112034579A: Piper PA31T1, Graham, TX, November 12, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2001, 23:25 local time
- Place: Graham, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2567° N, 98.4472° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2567&lon=-98.4472&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6134A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6134A-2002-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T1 (registry code 7103126, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T1
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011112034579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 12, 2001, AT 2325 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-31T1, N6134A, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN DURING AN APPROACH TO THE GRAHAM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, GRAHAM, TEXAS, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT FROM WHARTON REGIONAL AIRPORT, WHARTON, TEXAS. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, AND THE PILOT AND 3 PASSENGERS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE WRECKAGE WAS CONSUMED IN A POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 FTW02FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA036), Nov 13, 2001: Piper PA-31T1 (N6134A), Graham, TX, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to discontinue the approach after encountering instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing factors were the dark night…

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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