# Accident 20020404007789A: Namer T28B, Uvalde, TX, April 4, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2002, 16:10 local time
- Place: Uvalde, TX
- Airport: Garner Field Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2111° N, 99.7433° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2111&lon=-99.7433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13RW-2015-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American T-28B (registry code 6402506, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-t-28b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-1820 series (registry code 67020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-1820-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER T28B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02FA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020404007789A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON APRIL 4, 2002, APPROXIMATELY 1610 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A NORTH AMERICAN T-28B AIRPLANE, N13RW, REGISTERED TO POWER PLAY INCORPORATED OF PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN NEAR UVALDE, TEXAS. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE GARNER FIELD AIRPORT, UVALDE, TEXAS, AT 1600. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE IN INVERTED FLIGHT AT ABOUT 800 FEET AGL PRIOR TO IMPACT. A POST IMPACT FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRFRAME. (-23) ON APRIL 4, 2002, AIRCRAFT N13RWM A NORTH AMERICAN T-28B, S/N 138246, WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES NORTH OF THE UVALDE AIPORT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST DEPARTED THE AIRPORT WHEN SEVERAL WITNESSES STATED, THEY OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT GO INTO AN INVERTED POSITION BEFORE IMPACTING THE GROUND AND EXPLODING. THE PILOT SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS FATALLY INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT AND POST ACCIDENT FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED                                                     . A COPY OF THIS REPORT WAS SENT TO SPM.

## 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 FTW02FA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA112), Apr 4, 2002: North American T-28B (N13RW), Uvalde, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft for undetermined reasons.

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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