20031209034309A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Houston, TX · December 9, 2003

Date: December 9, 2003 · 19:05 local
Place: Houston, TX
Airport: Sugar Land Municipal/Hull Field Arp
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N47413
NTSB investigation: NTSBFTW04FA037
Reported as: Piper PA28181
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A4M
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 2
Pilot’s flight hours: 138 total45 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N47413Registration cancelled Jan 24, 2018 · Piper PA-28-181S/N 28-7890069 · Built 1977 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot was cleared for landing during night time condition, gusty surface wind conditions on runway with 1984' displaced threshold. Pilot failed to maintain adequate glidepath to displaced threshold touchdown point on runway resulting in initial impact to powerlines and power pole.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR LANDING DURING NIGHT TIME CONDITION, GUSTY SURFACE WIND CONDITIONS ON RUNWAY WITH 1984' DISPLACED THRESHOLD. PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE GLIDEPATH TO DISPLACED THRESHOLD TOUCHDOWN POINT ON RUNWAY RESULTING IN INITIAL IMPACT TO POWERLINES AND POWER POLE.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB FTW04FA037Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportSugar Land, TXThe pilots failure to maintain clearance with powerlines during a VFR approach. Contributing factors were the prevailing dark night conditions,and the high winds.Dec 10, 2003 · Destroyed

Other reports on N47413 · 1

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

Incident 19820602035969IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Grayling, MIPilot landed and rolled out or taxied over ditch on closed and adequately marked end of active runway.Jun 2, 1982 · Minor damage