# Incident 20100911043789I: Piper PA-24-180, Big Spring, TX, September 11, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2010, 12:30 local time
- Place: Big Spring, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2383° N, 101.4857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Spring, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2383&lon=-101.4857&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6068P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6068P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,378 total, 725 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100911043789I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 CDT, N6068P, A PIPER PA-24-180, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, IMPACTED TERRAIN AT BIG LAKE AIRPORT (E41), LOCATED IN BIG LAKE, TEXAS.  PILOT WAS ENROUTE FROM ODESSA-SCHLEMEYER FIELD (ODO), LOCATED IN ODESSA, TEXAS TO FREDERICKSBURG AIRPORT (T82), LOCATED IN FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS.  DURING THE FLIGHT THE PILOT NOTICED THE LEFT WING FUEL CAP COVER OPEN.  PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AT E41 TO RESECURE FUEL CAP COVER.  THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 34 AND OBSERVED THE POWER LINES ON FINAL.  PILOT PULLED UP TO AVOID POWER LINE AND STALLED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT STALLED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED, SHEARING OFF AT THE TRUNNION PIN AREA. THE LEFT WING AND FLAP WAS ALSO DAMAGED.  PILOT RECEIVED ONLY MINOR INJURIES.

## Other reports on N6068P (2)

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

- [Accident 20021213033869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021213033869A), Dec 13, 2002: Piper PA24180 (N6068P), Odessa, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On December 13, 2002, at approximately 15:30 CST, local time, the pilot of Piper PA-24-180 single engine comanche aircraft, N6068P, during landing runway…
- [Incident 19880917058219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880917058219I), Sep 17, 1988: Piper PA24 (N6068P), Dequeen, AR, Minor damage. Failed to check gear indicator after selector in down position. Landed gear up. Gear motor circuit breaker tripped.

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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