# Incident 20030319011589I: Piper PA34200T, Houston, TX, March 19, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2003, 06:57 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9450C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9450C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360-E (registry code 17287, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 126 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030319011589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 19, 2003 AT 06:55 LOCAL TIME, MR. DENNIS F. BONNER, CERTIFICATE NUMBER 2736223, THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF N9450C, A PA-34-200T, ATTEMPTED A DEPARTURE ON RUNWAY 17R, AT DAVID WAYNE HOOKS AIRPORT (DWH). APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY THE RIGHT WHEEL CAME OFF THE PAVEMENT. THE PILOT INITIALLY REDUCED POWER ON BOTH ENGINES, HOWEVER, WHEN HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT HE ADDED POWER ON THE LEFT ENGINE IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET BACK ON THE PAVEMENT. HIS ATTEMPT FAILED, AND THE LEFT PROPELLER HIT A CONCRETE CULVERT AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP JUST NORTH OF TAXIWAY DELTA, WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DEEPLY BURIED IN MUD. THE PILOT INFORMED US HE HAD BEEN DISTRACTED BY AN OIL PRESSURE GAUGE MOVING ERRATIC DURING THE INITIAL TAKEOFF RUN.

## Other reports on N9450C (1)

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

- [Incident 20130620012949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130620012949I), Jun 20, 2013: Piper PA-34-200T (N9450C), Honolulu, HI, No damage. On June 21, 2013 at approximately 0930 HST, N9450C was in enroute from hnl to lih at an altitude of 8500?MSL and about 10 miles west of kiaena point, the pilot…

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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