# Accident 20110126001419A: Piper PA-28-235, Matador, TX, January 26, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2011, 15:10 local time
- Place: Matador, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0019° N, 100.8139° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0019&lon=-100.8139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9478W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9478W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 2,170 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110126001419A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 26, 2011 N9478W, A PIPER PA-28-235, DEPARTED A PRIVATE STRIP AND CLIMED TO 750 FEET AND EXECUTED A RIGHT TURN AT WHICH TIME THE ENGINE FAILED.  THE PILOT MADE A EMERGENCY LANDING ABOUT ONE MILE NORTHEAST OF THE TAKEOFF POINT.  THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET WHERE IT CAME TO REST.  DAMAGE TO THE LOWER ENGINE, COWLING, BOTH WINGS AND RIGHT ELEVATOR WERE SUSTAINED IN THE ACCIDENT.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER DID NOT SUSTAIN INJURIES THAT REQUIRED ATTENTION.  FUEL WAS FOUND IN BOTH WINGS AND THE PILOT STATED HE HAD APPROXIMATELY 15 GALLONS OF FUEL IN EACH TANK.

## 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 CEN11LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA161), Jan 26, 2011: Piper PA-28-235 (N9478W), Matador, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power during initial climb for undetermined reasons.

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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