# Accident 20091117053699A: Piper PA-34-200T, Fort Worth, TX, November 17, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2009, 07:45 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9367° N, 97.4500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9367&lon=-97.4500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8297P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8297P-2010-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 26,180 total, 250 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091117053699A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 17, 2009, A PIPER PA-34-200T, N8297P, OWNED AND OPERATED BY GLEN R. SMITH JR. DEPARTED HICKS AIRPORT (T67) FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO PITCH DOWN. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD PROBLEMS HOLDING ALTITUDE AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET AND ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT BUT DESPITE FULL BACK YOKE THE AIRCRAFT STARTED A SHALLOW DESCENT. THE PILOT REALIZED HE WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT AND CRASH LANDED IN A OPEN FIELD  THREE MILES WEST OF HICKS AIRPORT. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 CEN10LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA052), Nov 17, 2009: Piper PA-34-200T (N8297P), Saginaw, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain control of the airplane due to a pinched trim system wire that resulted in a runaway nose-down pitch trim.

## Other reports on N8297P (1)

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

- [Incident 19981124042319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981124042319I), Nov 24, 1998: Piper PA34200T (N8297P), Marshall, MN, Minor damage. (-5) Pilot landed on runway 12 with the gear up. Did not lower landing gear. Pilot stated to inspector wasson that he thought the gear warning horn was the…

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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