Piper Aircraft PA-44-180 N7122E accident near Bonham, Texas, August 23, 2023
Piper Aircraft PA-44-180, registration N7122E, operated by CHRISTIANSEN AVIATION LLC, was involved in an accident near Bonham, Texas on August 23, 2023. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as none. Case CEN23LA382 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 24 minutes of the flight after departing the Dallas/Addison Arpt area (KADS), reaching a maximum of 3,775 ft. The last recorded position was at 19:22 UTC, at 3,475 ft and 148 knots, descending at 128 feet per minute, about 7 km from Bonham/Jones Fld (KF00).
The nearest weather report, from KF00 (7 km away), showed wind 200° at 6 knots, visibility 6 miles or more, ceiling 7,000 ft (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Piper PA-44-180 registered in United States (Mode S A9861E).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- August 23, 2023
- Location
- Bonham, Texas
- Aircraft
- Piper Aircraft PA-44-180
- Registration
- N7122E
- Operator
- CHRISTIANSEN AVIATION LLC
- Injuries
- None
- NTSB case
- CEN23LA382 (Completed)
- Departure area
- Dallas/Addison Arpt (KADS)
- Nearest airport
- Bonham/Jones Fld (KF00)
- Recorded flight
- 24 min, max 3,775 ft
- Last recorded position
- 19:22 UTC, 3,475 ft, 148 kt
3D flight replay
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Sources: NTSB case CEN23LA382; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.