# Accident 20040109007659A: Piper PA23160, Fort Worth, TX, January 9, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2004, 15:30 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Hicks Airfield Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9311° N, 97.4117° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9311&lon=-97.4117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3289P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3289P-2017-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 377 total, 12 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040109007659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 9, 2004, AT 1530 CDT, A PIPER APACHE PA-23-160, N3289P, OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IMPACTED A HANGAR AND TWO PARKED AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 32 AT HICKS AIRPORT, FORT WORTH, TEXAS. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE CREW AND PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE, NUMBER 27818540. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM HICKS AIRPORT (T67), TEXAS ON 01/09/04 AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 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 FTW04LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA059), Jan 9, 2004: Piper PA-23-160 (N3289P), Fort Worth, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control and the partial loss of engine power as a result of an improperly installed mixture control linkage.

## Other reports on N3289P (2)

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

- [Incident 20020109003129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020109003129I), Jan 9, 2002: Piper PA23160 (N3289P), Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On January 9, 2002 at approximately 1700Z time, a Piper PA-23-160, registration number N3289P, flown by Mr. Anthony hodge, FAA certificated private…
- [Incident 19960803030139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960803030139I), Aug 3, 1996: Piper PA23160 (N3289P), Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: on 08-03-96, at 0750 CDT, a Piper apache PA-23-160, N3289P, owned by Mr. Anthony w. hodge, [privacy data omitted] landed gear up on runway 32 at…

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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