# Accident 20061031022989A: Piper PA32301XTC, San Marcos, TX, October 31, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2006, 13:00 local time
- Place: San Marcos, TX
- Airport: San Marcos Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8928° N, 97.8631° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8928&lon=-97.8631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N506C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N506C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA32-301XTC (registry code 7103301, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa32-301xtc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540 series (registry code 41569, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301XTC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 300 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061031022989A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 31, 2006, THE PRIVATE PILOT OF A PIPER AIRCRAFT MODEL PA-32-301, N506C, EXPERIENCED SOME DIFFICULTY, WHILE LANDING AT HYI AT SAN MARCOS. THE NOSE GEAR IMPACTED THE GROUND, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR, NOSE COWLING, AND FIREWALL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD, AND VFR CONDITIONS, FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW07LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA021), Oct 31, 2006: Piper PA32-301XTC (N506C), San Marcos, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

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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