# Accident 20080719842669A: Piper PA22150, Kemp, TX, July 19, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2008, 15:40 local time
- Place: Kemp, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4383° N, 96.2256° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kemp, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4383&lon=-96.2256&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9880D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080719842669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 19, 2008, ABOUT 1540 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A SINGLE-ENGINE PIPER, PA-22, AIRPLANE, N9980D, WAS DESTROYED UPON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING THE TAKEOFF-CLIMB FROM A PRIVATE AIRFIELD NEAR KEMP, TEXAS.  THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL.  THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FLIGHT.  TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT ALONG WITH THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE GATHERED AT THE PRIVATE AIRFIELD EARLIER THAT DAY.  THE OTHER AIRCRAFT EACH DEPARTED 5-10 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE.  A WITNESS STATED THAT SHE SAW THE AIRPLANE DEPART THE AIRFIELD AND THEN START THE LEFT TURN.  AS THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED THE TURN, THE AIRPLANE LOST ALTITUDE AND THE NOSE DROPPED.  SHE ADDED THAT THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE SOUND OF THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE.  THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A STEEP ANGLE, IN A VACANT FIELD NEAR SEVERAL RESIDENCES.  A POST CRASH FIRE ERUPTED AND CONSUMED THE MAJORITY OF THE AIRPLANE.  FOLLOWING THE ON-SITE EXAMINATION, THE WRECKAGE WAS RECOVERED TO AIR SALVAGE OF DALLAS, NEAR LANCASTER, TEXAS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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