# Accident 20080429835379A: Piper PA32300, Houston, TX, April 29, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2008, 19:57 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6344° N, 95.2789° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6344&lon=-95.2789&mi=10
- Aircraft: N303TE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N303TE-2013-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080429835379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY #4 AT HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT (KHOU), THIS SINGLE ENGINE PIPER PA-32-300 EXPERIENCED AN UNKNOWN ENGINE FAILURE AND CRASHED LANDED IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD NO INDICATION OF PROBLEMS BEFORE FAILURE. AFTER THE ENGINE QUIT THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BY CHANGING THE FUEL SELECTOR. FAA INSPECTOR FOUND VARIOUS LEVELS OF FUEL IN ALL OFTHE WING TANKS, AND AN INDICATION OF 7 QUARTS OF OIL IN THE ENGINE. INSPECTOR DID NOT FIND ANY EXTERNAL ABNORMALITIES WITH THE ENGINE.

## 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 DEN08LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA082), Apr 30, 2008: Piper PA-32-300 (N303TE), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: Loss of engine power for reasons undetermined. Contributing to the accident was a lack of suitable terrain for a 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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