# Accident 20060629012099A: Piper PA32300, Midland, TX, June 29, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2006, 11:54 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Midland Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9997° N, 102.0192° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9997&lon=-102.0192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70746, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70746-2022-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 604 total, 258 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060629012099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 29, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1154 CDT, N70746, A PIPER PA-32-300, DEPARTED FROM MIDLAND AIRPARK (MDD) IN MIDLAND, TEXAS, ENROUTE TO BAYTOWN, TEXAS, ON A VFR FLIGHT. APPROXIMATELY 14 MINUTES AFTER TAKE-OFF, THE PILOT REPORTED THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO MIDLAND. THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON HIGHWAY 307 WEST, AKA CLOVERDALE ROAD, LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN MIDLAND. THE PILOT LANDED TOWARD THE WEST ON HIGHWAY 307, AND THE AIRCRAFT CLIPPED A POWERLINE WIRE WITH THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER, THEN HIT A MAILBOX WITH THE LEFT WINGTIP. THE RUDDER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE LEFT WINGTIP RUPTURED AFTER CONTACT WITH THE MAILBOX AND SPILLED FUEL. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PERSONS ON THE GROUND.

## 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 DFW06LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA172), Jun 29, 2006: Piper PA-32-300 (N70746), Midland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power as result of the maintenance personnel's failure to comply with a manufacture's Service Bulletin (SB). A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the…

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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