# Accident 20100430033199A: Piper PA-28-140, Houston, TX, April 30, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2010, 22:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9356° N, 95.6392° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9356&lon=-95.6392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4397T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4397T-2017-05-22) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 79 total, 8 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA237) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100430033199A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS LANDING THE MAKE OF AIRPLANE, FOR THE SECOND TIME AT NIGHT AND WAS MAKING HIS SECOND LANDING AT NIGHT FOR THE SECOND TIME, IN THE LAST 90 DAYS.  THE PILOT LANDED LONG AND WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PLANE CAME COLLIDED WITH SOME TREES AND A FENCE, DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN10CA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA237), Apr 30, 2010: Piper PA-28-140 (N4397T), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point which resulted in an overrun.

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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