After a brief stay at Addison, he departed to fly back to Burnet.
He reported that the flight to Addison was uneventful and lasted about 1.5 hours. He further stated that the airplane had been 'topped off' with fuel several days prior to the accident. He noted that there was about 55 gallons of fuel in each wing tank. In a telephone interview with the Safety Board, and in a written statement provided about 1 week after the accident, the pilot stated that he visually checked the fuel in the airplane prior to departing for a flight from Burnet to Addison on the morning of the accident. The flight was conducted under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The personal flight departed from Addison Airport, near Dallas, and was en route to Georgetown. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
The certificated commercial pilot and his two passengers were not injured.
The forced landing was preceded by a total loss of engine power during a precautionary landing. On July 11, 2003, about 1950 central daylight time, a Piper PA-34-220T, N2463M, registered to TK2 Bentwood Ltd., of Austin Texas, was substantially damaged when it impacted trees during a forced landing near Burnet, Texas.
