# Accident 20220909015739A: Piper PA-32RT-300T, Bulverde, TX, September 9, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2022, 07:15 local time
- Place: Bulverde, TX
- Airport: Bulverde Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7507° N, 98.4533° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7507&lon=-98.4533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31981, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31981) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (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-32RT-300T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540-51AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 657 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA413](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA413) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220909015739A

## Narrative

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

ON 09/09/2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 06:50, AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PIPER PA-32RT-300T, SERIAL NUMBER 32R-7887018 DEPARTED GEORGETOWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GTU) AND FLEW TO BULVERDE AIRPARK (1T8) TO PICK UP A PASSENGER. AFTER LANDING AND PICKING UP THE PASSENGER, THE PILOT REPORTED COMPLETING PREFLIGHT CHECKS AND RUN UP AT THE END OF RUNWAY 34. PILOT THEN INITIATED A SHORT FIELD TAKE OFF PROCEDURE AND HAD PREVIOUSLY CALCULATED A GROUND TOLL OF 1600 FEET. ONCE BRAKES WERE RELEASED, THE TAKEOFF SEQUENCE BEGAN AND THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE PLANE WAS NOT ACCELERATING. AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT KNEW THERE WAS AN ISSUE AND DID NOT BELIEVE HE COULD STOP BEFORE HITTING THE FENCE AND SEVERAL VEHICLES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY DROPPING OFF CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL. PILOT THEN STATED THAT HE DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE TAKEOFF ROLL, EVENTUALLY ROTATING WITH ONLY A FEW HUNDRED FEET OF RUNWAY REMAINING. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT MAKING FULL POWER BUT WAS ABLE TO CLEAR THE POWER LINES, ROAD, AND SCHOOL AT END OF RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO STRUGGLE AND BEGAN STALLING. PILOT LOCATED A FIELD OVER A ROW OF TREES AND LANDED IN THE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A TREE AT THE END OF THE FIELD SEPARATING THE RIGHT WING AND TWISTING THE FUSELAGE. PILOT AND PASSENGER DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES AND NOTIFIED AUTHORITIES.

## 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 CEN22LA413](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA413), Sep 9, 2022: Piper PA32RT (N31981), Bulverde, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power due to excessive carbon deposits that resulted in one or more stuck exhaust valves.

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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