# Accident 20100629037049A: Piper PA-28R-180, Mcgregor, TX, June 29, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2010, 09:35 local time
- Place: Mcgregor, TX
- Airport: Mcgregor Executive Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4842° N, 97.3097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4842&lon=-97.3097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4627J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4627J-2016-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 960 total, 30 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA359](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA359) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100629037049A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 29, 2010, AT 0935 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER ARROW (PA28) AIRCRAFT, N4627J, OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EXPERIENCE MOMENTARY FUEL STARVATION AND SUSTAINED DAMAGE DURING THE APPROACH AND LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT AT MCGREGOR EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KPWG). THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE RUNWAY AND LANDED IN FIELD ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A LOCAL IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL, AND THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE. THE PILOT HELD COMMERCIAL AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT TSTC WACO AIRPORT (KCNW) ON JUNE 29, 2010 ON AN INSTRUMENT TRAINING FLIGHT .

## 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 CEN10CA359](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA359), Jun 29, 2010: Piper PA28R (N4627J), McGregor, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the severity of injuries was the airplane's lack of shoulder harnesses.

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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