# Incident 20021031033459I: Piper PA23160, Houston, TX, October 31, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2002, 17:20 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: IUFS
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4233P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4233P-2014-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 493 total, 105 in this make and model, 161 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021031033459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER COMPLETING A LANDING, A TAKE-OFF WAS EXECUTED. AT ROTATION SPEED, A DEER STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING AND GEAR DOORS. THE TAKE-OFF WAS ABORTED. NO INJURIES AND VERY MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N4233P (2)

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

- [Incident 20130202002849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130202002849I), Feb 2, 2013: Piper PA-23-160 (N4233P), Tomball, TX, Minor damage. During routine pilot training and the fifth consecutive landing, the nose gear green light, indicating the nose gear is in the down and locked position, failed…
- [Incident 20111209027799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111209027799I), Dec 9, 2011: Piper PA-23-160 (N4233P), Tomball, TX, Minor damage. During roll-out, after landing on runway 17R at David Wayne Hooks Airport (dwh) the aircraft started to lean to the left. Pilots used right rudder and brakes…

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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