# Accident 20250928014749A: Cessna 340, Houston, TX, September 28, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2025, 12:15 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0524° N, 95.5519° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0524&lon=-95.5519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N269WT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N269WT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25FA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA395) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250928014749A

## Narrative

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

THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT REPORTED AN OPEN DOOR SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AND REQUESTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT TO SECURE THE DOOR. THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND AND ENTERED THE RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 35L.

WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, RECORDED DATA INDICATES THE AIRCRAFT MAINTAINED AN AIRSPEED BETWEEN 75 AND 85 KNOTS. DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE, THE AIRCRAFT’S LEFT WING DROPPED AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE IMPACT RESULTED IN A POST-CRASH FIRE.

THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 650 FEET FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 35L. IN ADDITION TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, AIRPORT NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT IN THE VICINITY SUSTAINED DAMAGE DUE TO THE IMPACT AND SUBSEQUENT FIRE.

## 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 CEN25FA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA395), Sep 28, 2025: Cessna 340 (N269WT), Klein, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N269WT (1)

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

- [Incident 20120427008399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120427008399I), Apr 27, 2012: Cessna 340 (N269WT), Mammoth Lakes, CA, Minor damage. The pilot failed to extend the landing gear prior to touchdown.

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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