# Accident 20180430014929A: Piper PA-28-180, Pine Springs, TX, April 30, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2018, 22:00 local time
- Place: Pine Springs, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N9494J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9494J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 2,800 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180430014929A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 30, 2018, AT 2200 MDT, A PIPER CHEROKEE (PA-28-180), N9494J, REGISTERED TO SERGE RUIZ, IMPACTED THE TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES SOUTH OF PINE SPRINGS, TX, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS UNINJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ELDORADO, TX, ON APRIL 30, 2018, AT 2000 MDT.

## 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 N9494J (1)

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

- [Accident 19871211081579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871211081579A), Dec 11, 1987: Piper PA28180 (N9494J), Cleveland, OH, Substantial damage. Made premature steep liftoff. Lost control,entered a steep left turn at 25 ft angle. Dragged a wing and cartwheeled

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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