# Accident 20060819030579A: Piper PA28161, Houston, TX, August 19, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2006, 12:26 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston-Southwest
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5061° N, 95.4769° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5061&lon=-95.4769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82078, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82078-2013-08-20) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 50 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060819030579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 08/19/2006 WHILE DEPARTING FROM HOUSTON-SOUTHWEST AIRPORT, (AXH) ON RUNWAY 09, A PIPER PA-28-161 EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER ON TAKE-OFF. THE AIRCRAFT WITH 4 PEOPLE ON BOARD CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 09. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED RIGHT WING TIP LOW INTO A TREE, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN 180 DEGREES AND SLIDE TAIL FIRST INTO A SECOND TREE. NOSE AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WERE TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT. RIGHT WING WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED ON LEADING EDGE BY TIP, AND WAS BENT UPWARD TO A 30 DEGREE ANGLE. LEFT HAND HORIZONTAL, RUDDER AND FUSELAGE WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED WITH IMPACT INTO A SECOND TREE. THE CERTIFICATED PILOT ONBOARD DURING HIS INTERVIEW WITH THE INVESTIGATORS, STATED THAT HE WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT IN THE AIRCRAFT, AND THAT HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS IN THE LEFT HAND SEAT. THE PILOT SAID THAT HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS AT THE CONTROLS DURING THE TAKE-OFF, AND THAT WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH HE TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS. PILOT STATED THAT BEFORE TAKE-OFF, THEY DID A RUN UP/MAG CHECK, BUT DID NOT USE A CHECK LIST. NOR DID HE COMPUTE A WEIGHT AND BALANCE FOR THE INTENDED FLIGHT.

## 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 DFW06LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA199), Aug 19, 2006: Piper PA-28-161 (N82078), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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