# Accident 20080118009929A: Piper PA46500TP, San Antonio, TX, January 18, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2008
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3464° N, 98.2944° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3464&lon=-98.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N169CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N169CA-2008-02-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA46-500TP (registry code 7104623, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A (registry code 52268, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46500TP
- Reported engine: PWC PT6A42A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 52 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080118009929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 18, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:40 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER PA-46, REGISTRATION N169CA PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED WACO, TEXAS AIRPORT ENROUTE TO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS AIRPORT. DURING THE ENROUTE TO SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT, SAT ATCT VECTORED FLIGHT PATH TO ILS 30L THREE TIMES, AS PIC FAILED TO ENGAGE WITH LOCALIZER, AND ON THE LAST ATTEMPT PIC LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED APPROX. 13 MILES SOUTH EAST OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND STRUCK A PRIVATELY OWNED GALVANIZED BUILDING, AND THEN WAS DESTROYED FOLLOWING A POST CRASH FIRE. WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED WITH RAIN AND FOG. PIC RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 DFW08FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA057), Jan 18, 2008: Piper PA46-500TP (N169CA), San Antonio, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to execute an instrument approach. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's impairment due to recent use of over-the-counter medication.

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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