# Accident 20140720017189A: Piper PA-28-140, Fort Worth, TX, July 20, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2014, 22:30 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Spinks
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5672° N, 97.3067° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5672&lon=-97.3067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1694T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1694T-2018-02-09) (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: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA378) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140720017189A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 19, 2014, ABOUT 2230 CENTRAL TIME, A PA-28-140, N1694T, CRASHED AT FORT WORTH SPINKS AIRPORT.  THE PILOT, AND PASSENGER WERE SEVERELY INJURED, AND THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED BY IMPACT FORCES.  NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE PLANE WAS NOT EQUIPPED, AND WAS NOT REQUIRED TO BE EQUIPPED, WITH ANY ONBOARD RECORDING DEVICES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 AND WAS EN ROUTE TO FWS WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT APPROXIMATELY 2230.

## 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 CEN14CA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA378), Jul 20, 2014: Piper PA 28-140 (N1694T), Fort Worth, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. Contributing to the accident was the deer on the runway and the pilot's mismanagement of airspeed which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

## Other reports on N1694T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900310009819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900310009819I), Mar 10, 1990: Piper PA28140 (N1694T), Bangor, ME, Minor damage. Student lost control on landing. Aircraft veered into snowbank damaging nose wheel and propeller.

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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