# Incident 19960414009849I: Piper PA28140, Killeen, TX, April 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1996, 09:07 local time
- Place: Killeen, TX
- Airport: Killeen Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1171° N, 97.7278° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Killeen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1171&lon=-97.7278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N615FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N615FL-2013-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960414009849I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: STUDENT PILOT TOOK-OFF FROM ILE RUNWAY 01 TO PRACTICE LANDINGS. ON FIRST APPROACH AT SHORT FINAL, WITH PARTIAL (2) FLAPS EXTENDED, AIRCRAFT SEEMED TO BALLOON AT THIS TIME THE STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RE-ESTABLISH A FLARE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND PORPOISED. STUDENT ADDED POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO TAKE-OFF. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DRIFTING LEFT AS IT BECAME AIRBORNE AND STRUCK THE VASI WITH ONE OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CONTACTED THE GROUND AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE STUDENT PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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