# Accident 20100218047279A: Piper PA-28-236, Austin, TX, February 18, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2010, 09:57 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3044° N, 97.7197° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3044&lon=-97.7197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2889D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2889D-2017-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-236
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10FA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100218047279A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLEW AIRCRAFT INTO IRS GOVERNMENT OFFICE INTENTIONALLY.

## 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 CEN10FA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA124), Feb 18, 2010: Piper PA-28-236 (N2889D), Austin, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s intentional flight into a building.

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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