# Accident 20150627009959A: Piper PA-25-235, Galveston, TX, June 27, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2015, 12:30 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3014° N, 94.7978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3014&lon=-94.7978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94MC-2018-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-540-G1A5 (registry code 42344, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-540-g1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-540-B2CS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150627009959A

## Narrative

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

ON 06/27/2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 PM CDT AN AIRCRAFT N94MC, MODEL: PA-25-235 CRASHED INTO A FIELD WHILE MAKING A FORCED LANDING.

THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED PEARLAND REGIONAL, KLVJ, PEARLAND, TX AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 THAT MORNING.

THE INTENDED FLIGHT WAS TO PROCEED TO GALVESTON, TX, TOWING AN ADVERTISING BANNER AND RETURN TO PEARLAND.

THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING CRUISE THE ENGINE STOPPED. ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE ENGINE FAILED, PILOT RELEASED THE BANNER AND MADE A FORCED LANDING IN TO A PASTURE.

THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED BOTH WINGS, THE MAIN GEAR, THE TAIL WHEEL WAS BROKEN OFF AND THE PROPELLER BENT

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N94MC (2)

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

- [Incident 20120505007799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120505007799I), May 5, 2012: Piper PA-25-235 (N94MC), Houston, TX, No damage. N94MC, a Piper PA-25-235 aircraft, while doing a banner tow operation in the vecinity of downtown Houston, TX, experienced a partial loss of power. The pilot…
- [Incident 19970614017449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970614017449I), Jun 14, 1997: Piper PA25235 (N94MC), Fort Worth, TX. Narrative: at 1400 hour (local) aircraft N94MC was towing a 20X40 billboard experienced a rope breakage that resulted in the billboard falling to the ground in…

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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