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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Brookshire, TX · June 2, 2010

Date
June 2, 2010 · 12:00 local
Place
Brookshire, TX
Airport
Sport Flyer Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N55208
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-C1C
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
361 total19 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

The pilot lost control of the aircraft, while attempting to land in a cross wind. The plane went off the side of the runway and impacted a raised concrete slab. The collision tore the left main gear off of the plane, causing damage to the wing, wing spar, and flap. The gear then hit the horizontal and vertical portions of the tail, leaving dents in both.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN A CROSS WIND. THE PLANE WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTED A RAISED CONCRETE SLAB. THE COLLISION TORE THE LEFT MAIN GEAR OFF OF THE PLANE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE WING, WING SPAR, AND FLAP. THE GEAR THEN HIT THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL PORTIONS OF THE TAIL, LEAVING DENTS IN BOTH.