# Incident 20111209027799I: Piper PA-23-160, Tomball, TX, December 9, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2011, 19:45 local time
- Place: Tomball, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0618° N, 95.5528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEML (DWH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0618&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4233P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4233P-2014-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (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-23-160
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,371 total, 73 in this make and model, 182 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111209027799I

## Narrative

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

DURING ROLL-OUT, AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 17R AT DAVID WAYNE HOOKS AIRPORT (DWH) THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO LEAN TO THE LEFT. PILOTS USED RIGHT RUDDER AND BRAKES TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT CAME TO COMPLETE STOP ON RUNWAY 17R. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR LINK ASSEMBLY HAD FAILED, ALLOWING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TO PASS CENTER AND FALL AFT. NO CONTACT WAS MADE WITH RUNWAY ON THE LEFT WING, AND THERE WAS NO PROPELLER STRIKE DURING THIS INCIDENT.LEFT HAND FLAP RECEIVED SLIGHT DAMAGE DURING TOWING BACK TO OPERATORS FACILITY.

## Other reports on N4233P (2)

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

- [Incident 20130202002849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130202002849I), Feb 2, 2013: Piper PA-23-160 (N4233P), Tomball, TX, Minor damage. During routine pilot training and the fifth consecutive landing, the nose gear green light, indicating the nose gear is in the down and locked position, failed…
- [Incident 20021031033459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021031033459I), Oct 31, 2002: Piper PA23160 (N4233P), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) After completing a landing, a take-off was executed. At rotation speed, a deer struck the aircraft on the right main landing and gear doors. The take-off…

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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