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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-24 · New Braunfels, TX · April 12, 2018

Date
April 12, 2018 · 14:48 local
Place
New Braunfels, TX
Airport
New Braunfels Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7386P
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN18LA138
Reported as
Piper PA-24
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
318 total13 in this make and model106 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On April 12, 2018 at 1448 CDT, a PA-24 aircraft bearing registration number N7386P, registered to privacy data omitted impacted terrain after an engine power loss resulting in an emergency landing at New Braunfels Regional Airport in New Braunfels, TX. The aircraft was being operated on a training flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained substantial damage, and the certified flight instructor and commercial student sustained no injuries. The flight originated from bulverde, TX on April 12, 2018 at about 1330 CDT.

As the FAA filed it

ON APRIL 12, 2018 AT 1448 CDT, A PA-24 AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N7386P, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IMPACTED TERRAIN AFTER AN ENGINE POWER LOSS RESULTING IN AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT NEW BRAUNFELS REGIONAL AIRPORT IN NEW BRAUNFELS, TX. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND COMMERCIAL STUDENT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BULVERDE, TX ON APRIL 12, 2018 AT ABOUT 1330 CDT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.