# Accident 20050605009749A: Piper PA25235, Waller, TX, June 5, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2005, 13:30 local time
- Place: Waller, TX
- Airport: Soaring Club Of Houston Glider
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1925° N, 95.9631° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1925&lon=-95.9631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7220Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 347 total, 44 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05CA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050605009749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE WALLER COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPT. REPORTED A PA-25, REG. N7220Z, HAS LOST POWER AND CRASHED IN A FIELD AFTER HITTING SOME POWER LINES AND A TREE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED NEAR THE VICINITY OF THE GLIDER PORT (89TA), 12 MILES NW OF WALLER, TX. THE PILOT EXPLAINED HE LOST POWER AT 3000 FEET MSL, AFTER TOWING HIS TWELFTH GLIDER 3 MILES WEST OF THE AIRFIELD, DURING HIS RETURN TO THE FIELD. HE STATED THAT HE FELT HIS ALTITUDE WAS TOO HIGH AS HE APPROACHED THE FIELD, AND INTENDED TO PERFORM A 360 DEGREE RIGHT TURN TO LOSE ALTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 1000 FEET AGL AS HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT IN WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS A STALL OR NEAR-SPIN. HE RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT AT LOW ALTITUDE JUST AS HE WS HITTING THE POWER LINES AND TREE DURING THE LANDING. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE FUEL TANK WAS CHECKED FOR ANY EVIDENCE OF FUEL, BUT NONE WAS FOUND.

## 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 DFW05CA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA146), Jun 5, 2005: Piper PA-25-235 (N7220Z), Waller, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed resulting in fuel exhaustion and a stall.

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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