# Accident 20260612005799A: Piper PA-24-400, Graham, TX, June 12, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2026, 20:55 local time
- Place: Graham, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1009° N, 98.5778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Graham, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1009&lon=-98.5778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N400HL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N400HL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-400 (registry code 7102408, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-720 series (registry code 41546, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-720-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-400
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-720
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260612005799A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 12, 2026, AT APPROXIMATELY 2055 LCL, A PIPER COMANCHE, PERFORMED AN OFF-FIELD LANDING AND IMPACTED A TREE APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE GRAHAM, TEXAS AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONEL FLIGHT. VISUAL METERORLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LAMESA, TEXAS ON JUNE 12, 2026, AT APPROXIMATELY 1755 LCL.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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