# Accident 20220703020549A: Piper PA-32-300, Mt. Pleasant, TX, July 3, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2022, 23:45 local time
- Place: Mt. Pleasant, TX
- Airport: Mt. Pleasant Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1107° N, 94.9641° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1107&lon=-94.9641&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1403X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1403X-2025-05-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (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-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 187 total, 88 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22FA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA299) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220703020549A

## Narrative

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

ON 7/3/2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 22:45 HRS, A PIPER PA-32-300 CHEROKEE 6 WITH A PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS ON BOARD STRUCK TREETOPS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2400 FEET FROM THE THRESHHOLD OF RUNWAY 17 AT MT. PLEASANT (OSA) AIRPORT, TX.  AN OUTBOARD SEGMENT OF THE RH WING WAS REMOVED ON INITIAL CONTACT AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE SURFACE IN TALL WEEDS, COMING TO REST ON A HEADING OF 210 MAGNETIC, INVERTED, APPROXIMATELY 375' AFTER INITIAL CONTACT WITH TREES.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD APPROXIMATELY 60 GAL. AVGAS 100LL ON BOARD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT BUT THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.  ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES.  ONE PASSENGER WAS ABLE TO EVACUATE ON HER OWN AND CALL 911.  THE PILOT AND OTHER TWO PASSENGERS REQUIRED EXTRICATION BY LOCAL EMS.  A STUDENT PILOT-RATED PASSENGER OCCUPIED THE FRONT RIGHT SEAT, AND LATER SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES AFTER ARRIVING AT THE HOSPITAL.

## 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 CEN22FA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA299), Jul 4, 2022: Piper PA-32-300 (N1403X), Mount Pleasant, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain the proper glidepath while on final approach in night visual conditions, which resulted in a collision with trees.

## Other reports on N1403X (1)

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

- [Incident 19870428019659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870428019659I), Apr 28, 1987: Piper PA32300 (N1403X), Columbia, SC, Minor damage. Aircraft bounvced during landing, nose gear collapsed.

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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