# Accident 20240124001759A: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Direct, TX, January 24, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2024, 20:00 local time
- Place: Direct, TX
- Airport: Addison
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8400° N, 95.8631° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8400&lon=-95.8631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23107, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23107) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 172S (registry code 2072449, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240124001759A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE A DISTURBING TRANSMISSION JUST BEFORE LEAVING THE PATTERN AT ADS ARPT. PILOT DELIBERATELY DISABLED COMMUNICATION BREAKER TO PRECLUDE COMMUNICATION WITH ATC, HEADED EASTBOUND CLIMBING TO VARIOUS ALTITUDES UNDER 10000FT, THEN FLEW NORTHBOUND, CLIMBED TO 15000FT AND RAPIDLY DESCENDED AT 0215Z. CRASH SITE LOCATED 2 MILES NW OF DIRECT, TX IN FANNIN COUNTY. 1 POB, FATAL INJURIES, SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, NO ATC SERVICES WITHIN THE TIME CONSTRAINTS.

## 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 CEN24LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA099), Jan 25, 2024: Textron 172S (N23107), Direct, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot died by suicide.

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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