# Incident 20060904017379I: Piper PA31T, Lubbock, TX, September 4, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2006, 23:10 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Lubbock International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N484SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N484SC-2015-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A60A
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060904017379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2006, N484SC, A PA-31T AIRCRAFT, AFTER LANDING RUNWAY 26, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO PARKING. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE END OF RUNWAY 26 AND PROCEEDED STRAIGHT AHEAD, ASSUMING THE END OF THE RUNWAY WAS STILL CONNECTED BY PAVEMENT IN TAXIWAY CHARLIE. DUE TO RECENT CONSTRUCTION, THAT PORTION OF THE PAVEMENT WAS REMOVED. THE PIC FAILED TO NOTE ON HIS AIRPORT DIAGRAM THAT PORTION OF MISSING PAVEMENT, RESULTING IN THE LANDING GEAR ENTERING THE MUD AND SINKING, DAMAGING THE LEFT AND RIGHT PROPELLERS. NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED. NO INJURIES WERE RECEIVED BY THE PILOT, CO-PILOT, AND FIVE PASSENGERS. MARGINAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 IFR FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N484SC (3)

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

- [Incident 20010326005009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010326005009I), Mar 26, 2001: Piper PA31T (N484SC), Evansville, IN. (-23) During climbout from evv at 12,500 feet the pilot noticed he could not control the right engine with the power lever. The engine shut down and the torque…
- [Incident 19891110060089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891110060089I), Nov 10, 1989: Piper PA31T (N484SC), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. Pilot taxied to side of taxiway to avoid seagulls. Left gear went into soft sod.
- [Incident 19841216072039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841216072039I), Dec 16, 1984: Piper PA31 (N484SC), Pellston, MI, Minor damage. Struck deer on rollout causing minor damage to left prop and engine cowling.

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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