# Accident 20240111000829A: Piper PA-22-150, Dalhart, TX, January 11, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2024, 14:28 local time
- Place: Dalhart, TX
- Airport: Dalhart Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1590° N, 102.5481° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1590&lon=-102.5481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2513P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2513P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240111000829A

## Narrative

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

ON JAN. 11, 2024, A PA-22 AIRCRAFT, REGISTERED TO THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO POWER LOSS, THEN LANDING GEAR DUG INTO THE SOFT DIRT, RESULTING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND AND THE TAIL WAS LEFT AT TAIL HIGH ATTITUDE AT THE OPEN FIELD 8 MILES NORTH OF DALHART AIRPORT (DHT), TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A VFR FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT WHO WAS SOLE OCCUPANT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ERIE MUNI AIRPORT (EIK), CO, ON JAN. 11, 2024, AT 1700 ZULU.

## 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 CEN24LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA092), Jan 11, 2024: Piper PA22 (N2513P), Dalhart, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to carburetor icing and the pilot’s failure to utilize carburetor heat in meteorological conditions conducive to the formation of carburetor icing.

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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