# Incident 19971207043009I: Piper PA42, Jacksonville, TX, December 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1997, 15:00 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, TX
- Airport: Cherokee County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8693° N, 95.2174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHEROKEE COUNTY (JSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8693&lon=-95.2174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N619JB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA42
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971207043009I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT 50' ABOVE RUNWAY THRESHOLD, PILOT EXPERIENCED A RAPID LOSS OF AIRSPEED AND A RIGHT DRIFT. THE RIGHT WHEEL TOUCHED OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE PROCEEDED LEFT ACROSS THE RUNWAY AND THROUGH THE GRASS AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. JUST BEFORE STOPPING, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUCK A 3' SQ. CONCRETE PAD WHICH DISLODGED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR, CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO SETTLE ON THE LEFT WING. WEATHER WAS LIGHT RAIN THAT TURNED INTO A "DOWN POUR WITHIN 2 MINUTES OF GETTING OUT OF THE AIRPLANE."

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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