# Accident 20020630015109A: Piper PA24260, Gorman, TX, June 30, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2002, 11:50 local time
- Place: Gorman, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2606° N, 98.7089° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2606&lon=-98.7089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8681P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8681P-2003-01-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02FA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020630015109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 30, 2002, AT 1150 CDT, A PIPER PA-24-260, N8681P, OWNED BY RONALD NEIL RANEY, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD AN ACCIDENT WHILE ENROUTE TO AN UNKNOWN DESTINATION. IT IS UNKNOWN IF VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED (VMC) AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THERE WERE THREE PASSENGERS PLUS THE PILOT ON BOARD WITH THE PILOT RECEIVING FATAL INJURIES AND THE THREE PASSENGERS RECEIVING FATAL INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT AIRPLANE SINGLE, MULTIENGINE, INSTRUMENT RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE DUBLIN AIRPORT, DUBLIN TEXAS, ON JUNE 30, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 CDT.

## 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 FTW02FA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA192), Jun 30, 2002: Piper PA-24-260 (N8681P), Gorman, TX, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control and the exceedence of the design limits of the airplane which resulted in an in-flight break-up. A factor was inadvertent VFR flight into IMC.

## Other reports on N8681P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780115003109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780115003109I), Jan 15, 1978: Piper PA24260 (N8681P), Lamesa, TX, Minor damage. Inadvertently retracted landing gear on landing rollout.

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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