# Incident 20110611025159I: Piper PA-30, Dumas, TX, June 11, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2011, 14:20 local time
- Place: Dumas, TX
- Airport: Moore County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8574° N, 102.0133° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOORE COUNTY (DUX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8574&lon=-102.0133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8743Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8743Y-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 45 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110611025159I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 11, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 14:20 CDT N8743Y, A PIPER PA-30, WAS PERFORMING A HIGH SPEED MAINTENANCE TAXI AT MOORE COUNTY AIRPORT IN DUMAS, TEXAS.  A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE LEFT WING, CAUSING THE THE AIRCRAFT TO EXIT THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 19.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND SPUN 90 DEGREES.  THE WIND DIRECTION WAS REPORTED OF 170 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 28 KNOTS.  THE AIRCRAFT OWNER WAS AT THE CONTROLS AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A CURRENTLY RATED AIRFRAME AND POWPERPLANT MECHANIC.  THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO TROUBLESHOOT AN ENGINE DISCREPANCY REPORTED EARLIER THAT AFTERNOON.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH AILERONS, WINGS, ENGINE PROPELLERS, MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIES, AND LOWER FUSELAGE.  THE PILOT AND MECHANIC WERE UNINJURED.

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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