# Incident 19880601031119I: Piper PA28160, Lubbock, TX, June 1, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1988, 19:20 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Town And Country Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5231W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5231W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 57 total, 3 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880601031119I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HIGH SINK RATE ON FINAL WITH HARD LANDING AND PORPOISE COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N5231W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20230624010999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230624010999I), Jun 24, 2023: Piper PA-28-160 (N5231W), Gladewater, TX, Minor damage. Completing his third solo flight, the student pilot touched down. During the rollout, his aircraft left the runway surface to the left, where it struck a…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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