# Accident 20230708010969A: Piper PA-30, Sherman, TX, July 8, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2023, 09:41 local time
- Place: Sherman, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5816° N, 96.5049° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5816&lon=-96.5049&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4743M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4743M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 535 total, 346 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23FA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23FA284) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230708010969A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 8, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 09:41 CST A PIPER PA30, CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 7.2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHERMAN TEXAS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM T31 AERO COUNTRY AIRPORT MCKINNEY, TEXAS. ADS-B FLIGHT PATTERN INDICATES THE AIRCRAFT HEADED NORTH NORTHEAST TOWARDS SAVOY TEXAS AND JUST AFTER CROSSING OVER HIGHWAY 82, TURNED WEST SOUTHWEST TOWARD SHERMAN TEXAS AND STARTED DESCENDING FROM 5,000 FEET. AT APPROXIMATELY 09:41 CST A HOMEOWNER JUST OFF COUNTY ROAD FM 697 CALLED 911 TO REPORT THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A FIELD NEXT TO HIS HOME. TEXAS STATE TROOPERS WERE FIRST ON SCENE AND THE TOM BEAN FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER. THE PILOT WAS PRONOUNCED DISEASED ON SCENE BY THE DALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER AND THE REMAINS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE DALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS FACILITY IN DALLAS TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A SIMI-VERTICAL ANGLE FROM AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, VISIBILITY GREATER THAN 10 MILES WITH LIGHT WINDS OF APPROXIMATELY 12 KNOTS. THE PILOT FLEW UNDER A PRIVATE PILOT LICENSE AND A THIRD-CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.

## 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 CEN23FA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23FA284), Jul 8, 2023: Piper PA-30 (N4743M), Sherman, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control during a forced landing following a loss of engine power. Contributing was the pilot’s failure to feather the left propeller following the loss of engine power.

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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