Piper PA-32R-300 accident near Conroe, TX
On February 10, 1995, a Piper PA-32R-300 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Conroe, TX. 5 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 10, 1995
- Place
- Conroe, TX
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32R-300 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 0 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 30.381°N, 95.379°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X02953
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 9, 1995, at 2028 central standard time (all times in this report will remain in central standard time), a Piper PA- 32R-300, N5373F, was destroyed during a VFR approach to the Montgomery County Airport, near Conroe, Texas. The instrument rated commercial pilot and four of his passengers were fatally injured; however, a 4-year old child received minor injuries. The aircraft was being operated under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed throughout the area for the personal flight. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) records, the pilot obtained a weather briefing and filed an instrument flight plan from the Point Lookout Airport, near Branson, Missouri, to Conroe, Texas. The flight departed at 1730 with five hours of fuel on board for the estimated three hour flight. The FAA records further indicate that the pilot was cleared to execute an ILS approach to runway 14 at the Montgomery County Airport, Conroe, Texas. Witnesses at the fixed base operations (FBO) office reported that the aircraft called for "field conditions" at approximately 2020. One of these witnesses further reported that at "about 15 to 20 minutes after I talked to him, he came over the field, and he made a turn to the right." There is a published missed approach procedure for this airport, physical evidence and witnesses established that the pilot elected not to execute this published procedure. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The owner of the airplane, who was not a certificated pilot, was seated on the left front seat. Friends and relative
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW PUBLISHED IFR PROCEDURES. FACTORS WERE THE WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE DARK NIGHT, AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ACTIVATE THE APPROACH LIGHTING SYSTEM.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
