# Accident 20170713010769A: Piper PA-31T1, Tyler, TX, July 13, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2017, 08:12 local time
- Place: Tyler, TX
- Airport: Tyler Pounds Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3442° N, 95.4058° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3442&lon=-95.4058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47GW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47GW-2020-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T1 (registry code 7103126, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31T1
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-11
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 17,664 total, 1 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17FA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA266) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170713010769A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 13, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 0813 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER PA-31T1 CHEYENNE, REGISTRATION NUMBER N47GW, OWNED AND OPERATED BY T-210 HOLDINGS LLC, IMPACTED THE GROUND IN UNCONTROLLED FLIGHT DURING CLIMB OUT ON A BUSINESS FLIGHT; VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, 1 CREWMEMBER AND 1 PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE PILOT HELD AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE TYLER POUNDS REGIONAL AIRPORT (KTYR)ON JULY 13, 2017 AT 0812 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 CEN17FA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA266), Jul 13, 2017: Piper PA31T (N47GW), Tyler, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of engine power and the subsequent pilot's loss of control for reasons that could not be determined because post-accident engine examination revealed no anomalies.

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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