# Incident 20011109031209I: Piper PA20135, November 9, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2001, 09:23 local time
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N3585A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3585A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20-135 (registry code 7102010, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20135
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011109031209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 9, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 0923 CST LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT OF PIPER PA-20-135 TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT, N3585A, NOSED-OVER HIS AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING. ALLEGEDLY, WHILE TAXIING ON A SERVICE ROAD TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 (I-10), EAST OF KENT, TEXAS, ON MILE MARKER POST 180, THE BRAKES LOCKED CAUSING THE TAIL TO RISE AND THE AIRPLANE TO REST ON ITS NOSE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE ON THE SPINNER, COWLING AND PROPELLER. NO INJURIES RECEIVED BY THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT. PREVAILING WEATHER VFR.

## Other reports on N3585A (1)

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

- [Incident 19881103061959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881103061959I), Nov 3, 1988: Piper PA20135 (N3585A), Troy, AL, Minor damage. Landed fast and bounced. Lost directional control and veered off runway. Damaged landing gear.

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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