# Accident 20050107034309A: Piper PA28161, Decatur, TX, January 7, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2005, 23:30 local time
- Place: Decatur, TX
- Airport: Decatur Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2547° N, 97.5806° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2547&lon=-97.5806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9419C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9419C-2006-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,550 total, 85 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050107034309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS WAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL NIGHT TRAINING FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING A LOW SHALLOW APPROACH TO RUNWAY 35 AT DECATUR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KLUD) WHEN IT STRUCK AND SEVERED 2 ELECTRICAL POWER LINES NEAR THE SOUTH BOUNDARY OF THE AIRPORT. THE RESULTING DRAG OF THE POWER LINES SETTLED THE AIRCRAFT JUST SHORT OF THE BARBED WIRE FENCE OF THE AIRPORT PROPERTY. THE AIRCRAFT DESTROYED THE BARBED WIRE FENCE AS IT WENT THROUGH ON ITS WAY TO THE TAXIWAY FOR RUNWAY 35 WHERE THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

## 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 DFW05LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA054), Jan 8, 2005: Piper PA-28-161 (N9419C), Decatur, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain obstacle clearance and the instructor's inadequate supervision. Contributing factors were the prevailing dark night conditions, and the power line.

## Other reports on N9419C (2)

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

- [Accident 20060520007209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060520007209A), May 20, 2006: Piper PA28161 (N9419C), Marietta, OK, Destroyed. (-23) At approximately 2130 pilot and three passengers boarded aircraft and taxied to north end of runway and turned around. After performing runup checks…
- [Accident 19880213004839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880213004839A), Feb 13, 1988: Piper PA28161 (N9419C), Aurora, CO, Substantial damage. High approach. Ballooned and lost control. Landed with one gear off runway in snow. Plane nosed over on broken gear.

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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