# Accident 20200907016649A: Piper PA-32R-301T, Bonham, TX, September 7, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2020, 08:00 local time
- Place: Bonham, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5809° N, 96.1793° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5809&lon=-96.1793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3576X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3576X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA384) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200907016649A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2020, AT APPROXIMATELY 0800, N3576X DEPARTED JONES FIELD AIRPORT (FOO- BONHAM, TEXAS) IN ROUTE TO COMMERCE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (2F7- COMMERCE, TEXAS). DURING THE CLIMB OUT THE PILOT IN COMMAND NOTICED A HIGH TURBINE INLET TEMPERATURE WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY HIGH CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE INDICATION. UPON LEVELING OFF, ALL INDICATIONS RETURNED TO NORMAL BUT THE PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO JONES FIELD (F00) BASED ON THE HIGH TEMPERATURE INDICATIONS (HE WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES FROM JONES FIELD AT THIS POINT). AT APPROXIMATELY 1.5 TO 2 MILES FROM THE FIELD, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND A FIELD WAS CHOSEN FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. DURING THE LANDING, THE RIGHT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE NOSE, PROPELLER, AND RIGHT HAND WING TO CONTACT THE GROUND, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SKID TO A STOP.

THE RIGHT HAND WING TIP LENS WAS BROKEN AND THERE WAS A SLIGHT TWIST ON THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE JUST FORWARD OF THE SPAR AND OUT BOARD OF THE OVER WING FUEL FILLER PORT. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS AND THE LOWER ENGINE COWL WERE ALSO DAMAGED. ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BEN BACKWARDS FROM THE ROOT.

EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT CONFIRMED CONTINUITY OF ALL FLIGHT AND ENGINE CONTROLS. DURING THE ENGINE EXAMINATION, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR LINE GOING TO THE NUMBER 6 CYLINDER HAD COME UNDONE. NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED EITHER ON THE LINE NOR THE FITTING. THE ENGINE FUEL SUPPLY WAS CHECKED AND UPON RUNNING THE BOOST PUMP WITH THROTTLE AND MIXTURE CONTROL INPUT, IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT FUEL WAS AVAILABLE TO THE ENGINE AND THAT FUEL WAS SQUIRTING OUT OF THE LOOSE LINE.

RECORDS REVIEW INDICATED THAT THE LAST ENGINE WORK PERFORMED WAS DURING THE LAST 100 HOUR INSPECTION WHICH WAS PERFORMED ON OCTOBER 15, 2019 (TACH: 425.6).

LAST ANNUAL WAS PERFORMED OCTOBER 15, 2019.

## 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 CEN20LA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA384), Sep 7, 2020: Piper PA32R (N3576X), Bonham, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to a disconnected fuel injector line that was not properly tightened during recent maintenance.

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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