# Accident 20071115827529A: Piper PA28R200, Ranger, TX, November 15, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2007, 15:30 local time
- Place: Ranger, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: K9YS
- Location: 32.4769° N, 98.5200° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4769&lon=-98.5200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55307, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55307-2013-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 228 total, 42 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071115827529A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 15, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME (CST), AN AIRCRAFT IDENTIFIED AS A PIPER PA-28-R-200, N55307 OWNED AND OPERATED BY SKYMATES INC. OF ARLINGTON TEXAS BROKE APART AND WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT NEAR RANGER, TEXAS DURING A CFR 91 OPERATIONAL FLIGHT. PREVAILING WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CALM CLEAR SKIES, 10 MILE VISIBILITY, TEMPERATURE 57 DEGREES, DEW POINT 10 DEGREES, ALTIMETER 3037. A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR ARLINGTON (GKY) TO ABILENE (ABL). THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT, STUDENT PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE PILOT HELD A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) CERTIFICATE. THE CFR 91 FLIGHT ORIGIINATED AT ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GKY) APPROXIMATELY 1330 CST.

## 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 DFW08FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA031), Nov 15, 2007: Piper PA-28R-200 (N55307), Ranger, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional performance of aerobatic maneuvers that exceeded the design limits of the airplane structure.

## Other reports on N55307 (2)

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

- [Incident 20060315004569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060315004569I), Mar 15, 2006: Piper PA28R200 (N55307), Arlington, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Airman stated that he failed to lower the landing gear resulting in a gear up landing.
- [Incident 19910217010699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910217010699I), Feb 17, 1991: Piper PA28R200 (N55307), Kingston, OK, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Gear failure appeared to be result of hard landing. Down lock damaged.

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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