# Accident 20071013825269A: Piper PA25260, Houston, TX, October 13, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2007, 16:34 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Pearland Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5211° N, 95.2419° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5211&lon=-95.2419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9733P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9733P-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 1,388 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071013825269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 13, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1634 CDT, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF N9733P, A PA-25-260 AIRCRAFT, DEPARTED RUNWAY 14 AT PEARLAND REGIONAL AIRPORT (LVJ). AT APPROXIMATELY 100 TO 150 FEET HE STATED THE ENGINE STOPPED. HE PUMPED THE THROTTLE SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER, WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE. HE TURNED LEFT AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE EAST SOUTH EAST OF THE END OF RUNWAY 14. DURING THE APPROACH TO THE FIELD THE LEFT WING HIT A TREE. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD, TAIL WHEEL FIRST, THEN ROTATED FOWARD AND CAME TO A STOP UPSIDE DOWN WITH THE NOSE POINTING IN A SOUTH EASTERLY DIRECTION. THE ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM THE AIRPLANE AND WAS FOUND IN FRONT OF THE LEFT WING. THE FLAPS WERE FOUND IN THE FULL DOWN POSITION.

## 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 DFW08LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA013), Oct 13, 2007: Piper PA-25-260 (N9733P), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly position the fuel tank selector before takeoff. Contributing to the accident were the non suitable terrain for the forced landing and fuel starvation.

## Other reports on N9733P (4)

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

- [Incident 20060228001849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060228001849I), Feb 28, 2006: Piper PA25260 (N9733P), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. (-23) The PIC indicated that he had been working for nighthawk for approximately one month. He was not listed on the current waiver, but the houston FSDO had…
- [Accident 19790522013179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790522013179A), May 22, 1979: Piper PA25260 (N9733P), Anson, TX, Destroyed. Landed in gusty crosswind. Veered off runway into trees.
- [Accident 19771019033109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771019033109A), Oct 19, 1977: Piper PA25260 (N9733P), Anson, TX, Substantial damage. Collided with cotton trailer
- [Accident 19761103035309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761103035309A), Nov 3, 1976: Piper PA25260 (N9733P), Anson, TX, Substantial damage. Testing equipment.

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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