# Accident 20120807018769A: Piper PA-32RT-300, Strawn, TX, August 7, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2012, 11:00 local time
- Place: Strawn, TX
- Airport: Sportman'S World
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8211° N, 98.4786° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8211&lon=-98.4786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36103, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36103-2020-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 35 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA529](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA529) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120807018769A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 7, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 LOCAL TIME, A 1978 PIPER LANCE, PA-32RT-300 AIRCRAFT, N36103, WHILE ATTEMPTING A GO AROUND MANEUVER AT SPORTMAN'S WORLD AIRPORT, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, STRUCK A TREE AND LANDED OFF AIRPORT IN A FIELD ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL. THE PILOT AND FOUR (4) OTHER OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE NOT INJURED.  THE PILOT HELD A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KBMQ (BURNET MUNICIPAL AIRPORT – KATE CRADDOCK FIELD) ON AUGUST 7, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 09:15 LOCAL TIME.

## 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 CEN12LA529](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA529), Aug 7, 2012: Piper PA32RT (N36103), Palo Pinto, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and a proper pitch attitude and airspeed while performing a go-around.

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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