# Accident 20200920019589A: Piper PA-46-310P, Hill Top Lakes, TX, September 20, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2020, 10:50 local time
- Place: Hill Top Lakes, TX
- Airport: Hill Top Lakes Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0739° N, 96.2133° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0739&lon=-96.2133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N236KM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N236KM-2021-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-46-310P
- Reported engine: PRATT & WHITNEY PT6A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,107 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA402](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA402) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200920019589A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HORSESHOE BAY, TX (DZB) ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO NATCHITOCHES, LA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CRUISING AT 19,000 FT WHEN THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY STATING THE AIRCRAFT HAD LOST POWER. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO HEAD TOWARDS WACO, TX BUT WAS INFORMED THAT HILLTOP LAKES AIRPORT WAS 4 MILES AWAY. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TOWARDS HILLTOP LAKES AIRPORT. WITNESSES STATED THE AIRCRAFT OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO STEER RIGHT BUT THEN TURNED LEFT APPEARING TO ATTEMPT TO AVOID LIGHT POLES AND PEOPLE ON THE GROUND. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET OFF THE GROUND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT QUICKLY ROLLED RIGHT UNTIL THE WINGS WERE VERTICAL, THEN THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED AN EXTREMELY STEEP DIVE. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN THAT PROFILE UNTIL IT STRUCK THE GROUND.

## 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 CEN20LA402](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA402), Sep 20, 2020: Piper PA46 (N236KM), Hilltop Lakes, TX, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined and the pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and spin. Contributing to the…

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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