# Accident 20100227028089A: Piper PA-28-140, Gatesville, TX, February 27, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2010, 09:15 local time
- Place: Gatesville, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2339° N, 94.7500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2339&lon=-94.7500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4218J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4218J-2013-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100227028089A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 27, 2010, WITNESSES STATED THAT THEY SAW THIS AIRCRAFT DOING AEROBATIC MANUEVERS OVERHEAD THEIR PROPERTY.  THE AIRCRAFT BANKED OVER 80 DEGREES AND PITCHED DOWN ABOUT 60 DEGREES EXPLODING ON IMPACT.  AIRPORT MANGER STATED THAT MR. PRICE HAD TOLD HIM HE HAD HEALTH ISSUES WITH HIS HEART.  POSSIBLE HEART ATTACK/STROKE ISSUE.

## 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 CEN10LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA129), Feb 27, 2010: Piper PA-28-140 (N4218J), Gatesville, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s incapacitation as a result of one or more pre-existing medical conditions.

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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