# Accident 20241227018819A: Piper PA-28, New Braunfels, TX, December 27, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2024, 22:47 local time
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Airport: New Braunfels Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7027° N, 98.0427° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7027&lon=-98.0427&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5263W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5263W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28 (registry code 7102801, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28) (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-28
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 118 total, 3 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241227018819A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT IMPACTED WESTMEYER ROAD APPROXIMATELY 3,450 FEET FROM RUNWAY 17 THRESH HOLD AT BAZ. IT THEN SLID APPROXIMATELY 125 FEET THROUGH AN OLD FENCE LINE (THERE WERE FENCE POSTS BUT NO WIRE OR TREES) ROTATING TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO REST FACING NORTHEAST.

## 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 CEN25LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA065), Dec 28, 2024: Piper PA-28 (N5263W), New Braunfels, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper in-flight fuel planning which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation and a subsequent off-field landing on rough terrain.

## Other reports on N5263W (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20230228004519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230228004519I), Feb 28, 2023: Piper PA-28 (N5263W), Austin, MN, Minor damage. On February 28th, 2023 the CFI (PIC) was on a night cross country flight from krst to kmcw to return to the home airport in [privacy data omitted] (PA-28).…
- [Incident 20000610027859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000610027859I), Jun 10, 2000: Piper PA28* (N5263W), Alliance, OH, Minor damage. (-23)A/c landed short of runway 27 in wet, tall grass area apx 1200' from end of runway at Barber field (2D1) pilot tried to power/taxi through mud until a/c…
- [Incident 19921226053969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921226053969I), Dec 26, 1992: Piper PA28* (N5263W), Warren, OH, Minor damage. Lost directional control of aircraft on takeoff. Veered off runway. Had icy runway and a crosswind.

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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