# NTSB CEN25FA395: Cessna 340, N269WT, Klein, TX, September 28, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Field · Preliminary report
- Date: September 28, 2025, 12:12 local (17:12 UTC)
- Place: Klein, TX
- Coordinates: 30.052378, -95.551943
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0524&lon=-95.5519&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: Textron Aviation, FAA, Continental Aerospace Technologies
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201735
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25FA395
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201735/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA395

## Preliminary report

On September 28, 2025, about 1212 central daylight time, a Cessna 340 airplane, N269WT, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Klein, Texas. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight. Just after takeoff from David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (DWH), Houston, Texas, the pilot requested and received permission to return to land. The tower controller instructed the pilot to enter right traffic for runway 35L. The tower controller lost sight of the airplane and communications were lost when the airplane was a half mile from the runway on final approach. ADS-B data showed the airplane in right traffic at DWH and that it overflew the extended centerline for runway 35L during the base leg before turning final. Before the accident sequence, the airplane was lined up and descending to land on runway 35L. An automotive dashcam video submitted by an eyewitness showed the accident airplane in the traffic pattern with the landing gear extended. A security camera on an airport hangar captured the airplane in a roughly 90° left bank just before impact. The left wing impacted terrain and there was an explosion and post-impact fire. The energy path of the airplane at the time of impact was 348° magnetic and the airplane came to rest on airport property about 650 ft south of the approach end of runway 35L. The fuselage and both wings were mostly consumed by the post impact fire. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no evidence of any preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. The examination verified the landing gear were extended and the flaps were fully retracted at the time of impact. The airplane was retained for further examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 340, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=2076404), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N269WT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N269WT), registered now, S/N 340-0104, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340
- Registry model: [Cessna 340](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (registry code 2076404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 340-0104
- Year built: 1972
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Departed: KDWH, Houston, TX
- Airport: DWH, David Wayne Hooks Meml, runway 35L, 7,009 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.07 inHg
- Observed at: KDWH, 1 nm away
- METAR: METAR KDWH 281653Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 29/14 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02940144=

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250928014749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250928014749A), Sep 28, 2025: Cessna 340, Houston, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. 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…

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.

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