# Incident 20150602006959I: Piper PA-24-250, Tomball, TX, June 2, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2015, 14:15 local time
- Place: Tomball, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0951° N, 95.6197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tomball, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0951&lon=-95.6197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8686P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8686P-2018-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150602006959I

## Narrative

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

OOA 14:15 06/02/2015 AIRCRAFT N8686P DURING AN APPROACH TO KDWH RUNWAY 17R, THE ATCT REQUESTED THE PIC TO SIDE STEP TO 17L. THE PIC WILCO'D BUT DOUBTED IF HE WAS LINED UP ON THE CORRECT RUNWAY. THE ATCT DIRECTED THE PIC TO GO AROUND, BUT LANDED ON RUNWAY 17L ANYHOW.

AFTER LANDING, THE PIC REPORTED A LOSS OF BRAKES, JUST AS HE WAS SLIPPING INTO THE DRAINAGE DITCH TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN IMPACTED THE CULVERT AT THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAY "MIKE 1" AND RUNWAY 17R SOUTH END THRESHHOLD.

AIRCRAFT DAMAGE: NLG SHEARED, LMLG DAMAGED TO INCLUDE THE STRUT DRIVEN THROUGH TOP OF WING, RMLG COLLAPSED AND BRAKE CALLIPER LEAKING FLUID, L-WING WRINKLED, R-WING TIP DAMAGED, PROPELLER STRIKE DAMAGED, ENGINE LOWER FWD COWL AND INTAKE DAMAGED, EXHAUST DAMAGED, LWR FUSELAGE ANTENNA DAMAGED.

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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