Piper PA-28R-200 accident near Conroe, TX
On November 8, 1998, a Piper PA-28R-200 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Conroe, TX. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- November 8, 1998
- Place
- Conroe, TX
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28R-200 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 30.379°N, 95.379°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X11416
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 7, 1998, at 1900 central standard time, a Piper PA-28R-200 airplane, N4726R, operated by MVP Aero Academy, Inc., of Houston, Texas, impacted terrain during a forced landing following a loss of engine power near Conroe, Texas. The airline transport rated pilot and his two passengers were fatally injured, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal cross-country flight, which originated from Searcy, Arkansas, approximately 1439. Dark night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. According to MVP Aero Academy personnel, on November 4, 1998, the pilot completed a 0.8-hour checkout flight with a flight instructor in the airplane at the Montgomery County Airport (CXO) in Conroe. The pilot then scheduled the airplane from November 5 through 9 for a cross-country trip to visit relatives in Arkansas. The pilot's logbook, which was recovered from the airplane and examined by the NTSB investigator-in-charge (IIC), contained two entries dated November 5, 1998. The first entry was for a 3-hour 6-minute flight from CXO to Saline County Airport (M99), Benton, Arkansas, and the second entry was for a 20-minute flight from M99 to Dennis F. Cantrell Field Airport, Conway, Arkansas. There were no further entries in the logbook. At 1052, on the day of the accident, the pilot telephoned the Automated Flight Service Station in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and filed an IFR flight plan for a flight from the Searcy Municipal Airport
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Factors were the dark night light conditions prevailing for the ensuing forced landing and the pilot's lack of experience in the make and model of airplane.
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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.
