# Accident 20090905024979A: Piper PA-32-301, Spicewod, TX, September 5, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2009, 12:55 local time
- Place: Spicewod, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4778° N, 98.1211° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4778&lon=-98.1211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117EM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-301
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 692 total, 400 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA581](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA581) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090905024979A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING TO SPICEWOOD AIRPORT (88R). AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 17 THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT AND OFF THE RUNWAY COMING TO A STOP ABOUT 150' FROM THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE NOSE WHEEL GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN09CA581](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA581), Sep 5, 2009: Piper PA-32-301 (N117EM), Spicewood, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during 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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