# Accident 20091006020379A: Piper PA23160, Anahuac, TX, October 6, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2009, 18:00 local time
- Place: Anahuac, TX
- Airport: Chambers County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7698° N, 94.6635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHAMBERS COUNTY (T00), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7698&lon=-94.6635&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4030P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4030P-2012-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 307 total, 19 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091006020379A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT, N4030P, PA-23-160, WITH CFI AND STUDENT ON BOARD, PRACTICING ONE ENGINE OUT TRAINING, SHUTDOWN R/H ENGINE AND FEATHERED THE PROP, THEN COULD NOT RESTART ENGINE AFTER STOPPING.  THE CFI DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN THE FIELD, SOUTH SIDE OF FAIRVEW ROAD, IN CHAMBERS COUNTY, APPROX 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHAMBERS COUNTY AIRPORT (T00).  NOSE WAS DAMAGED ALONG WITH NOSE GEAR, AND L/H PROP BLADES (2) WERE BENT BACK.  NO INJURIES TO ANYONE ON BOARD.

## 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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