# Accident 20130112002899A: Piper PA46-500TP, Paris, TX, January 12, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2013, 09:03 local time
- Place: Paris, TX
- Airport: Cox Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6625° N, 95.5478° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6625&lon=-95.5478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5339V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5339V-2018-02-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA46-500TP (registry code 7104622, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46-500TP
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,128 total, 126 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130112002899A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED COX FIELD (PARIS TX) AT 0850 HRS.  AIRCRAFT ALTITUDE WAS 5K AND JUST RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO CLIMB TO 16K AT 0900 HRS.  AFTER CLEARANCE, ATC REPORTED LOST AIRCRAFT ON RADAR AND NO OTHER RADIO TRANSMISSIONS.  STATE POLICE FOUND THE RECKAGE ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF PARIS IN A FIELD.

## 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 CEN13FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA131), Jan 12, 2013: Piper PA46-500TP (N5339V), Paris, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's encounter with convective weather, which resulted in a loss of airplane control.

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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