20071118826829A

Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-34-220T · Houston, TX · November 18, 2007

Date
November 18, 2007 · 20:30 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Houston-Southwest
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N34PF
Reported as
Piper PA34220T
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,154 total85 in this make and model36 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On November 18, 2007, at approximately 2030 CDT, a Piper seneca PA-44-220T, struck and killed an animal while landing on runway 9 at the Houston Southwest airport in arcola, Texas. The aircraft sustained minor damage. The multi-engine rated private pilot, the ATP rated flight instructor and their two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was not filed. The aircraft was returning from a VFR cross-country flight which had originated at the pecan plantation airport (0TX1) in granbury, Texas, on November 18, 2007 at approximately 1900 CDT.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 18, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 2030 CDT, A PIPER SENECA PA-44-220T, STRUCK AND KILLED AN ANIMAL WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 9 AT THE HOUSTON SOUTHWEST AIRPORT IN ARCOLA, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE MULTI-ENGINE RATED PRIVATE PILOT, THE ATP RATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THEIR TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING FROM A VFR CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT WHICH HAD ORIGINATED AT THE PECAN PLANTATION AIRPORT (0TX1) IN GRANBURY, TEXAS, ON NOVEMBER 18, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 CDT.