# Accident 20240601008009A: Piper PA-38-112, Dalhart, TX, June 1, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2024, 14:15 local time
- Place: Dalhart, TX
- Airport: Dalhart Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0152° N, 102.5662° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0152&lon=-102.5662&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9715T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9715T-2025-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38-112
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 187 total, 84 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA208) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240601008009A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 1, 2024, AT 1415 CDT, A PIPER PA-38-112 ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB-OUT IMPACTED TERRAIN SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM DALHART MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, DALHART, TX ON JUNE 1, 2024, AT 1405 CDT.

## 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 CEN24LA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA208), Jun 1, 2024: Piper PA-38-112 (N9715T), Dalhart, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to take off with the airplane over its maximum allowable gross weight at a high density altitude, which degraded its climb performance and led an off airport landing.

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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