# Accident 20031209034309A: Piper PA28181, Houston, TX, December 9, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2003, 19:05 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Sugar Land Municipal/Hull Field Arp
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6197° N, 95.6564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6197&lon=-95.6564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47413, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47413-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 138 total, 45 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04FA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031209034309A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 FTW04FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04FA037), Dec 10, 2003: Piper PA-28-181 (N47413), Sugar Land, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain clearance with powerlines during a VFR approach. Contributing factors were the prevailing dark night conditions,and the high winds.

## Other reports on N47413 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820602035969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820602035969I), Jun 2, 1982: Piper PA28181 (N47413), Grayling, MI, Minor damage. Pilot landed and rolled out or taxied over ditch on closed and adequately marked end of active runway.

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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