Cessna 340 accident near Klein, Texas, September 28, 2025
On September 28, 2025 at about 5:12 pm local time, a 1972 Cessna 340, registered N269WT, was destroyed in an accident during landing near Klein, Texas (David Wayne Hooks Meml airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). 2 people were killed. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- September 28, 2025 · about 5:12 pm local time
- Place
- Klein, Texas · David Wayne Hooks Meml · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 2 people were killed.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 340, built 1972 · all 340s on the register
- Registration
- N269WT · registry record · serial 340-0104
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record
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.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Loss of control in flight during landing defining event
The aircraft
- Seats: 6
- Landing gear: fixed
- Fire on the ground
The flight
- Departed from: KDWH Houston TX at 5:08 pm
- Runway 35L, 7,009 ft by 100 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 84°F (29°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter: 30.07 inHg
- Observation at 11:53 am from KDWH, 1 miles away
Weather report (METAR): METAR KDWH 281653Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 29/14 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02940144=
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number CEN25FA395.