# Incident 20150724013369I: Piper PA-32R-301T, Bastrop, LA, July 24, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2015, 15:00 local time
- Place: Bastrop, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7749° N, 91.9078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bastrop, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7749&lon=-91.9078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4187Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4187Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (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-32R-301T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,177 total, 285 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150724013369I

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND FAMILY RETURNING HOME FROM VACATION IN PIGEON FORGE, TENNESSEE (KGKT) TO GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS (KGPM). STOPPED FOR FUEL AT BASTROP, LA (KBQP). HAD WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN ONBOARD WITH TWO LARGE PIECES OF LUGGAGE, SEVERAL MEDIUM DUFFEL TYPE BAGS, VARIOUS SMALLER BAGS AND A CAR SEAT. PILOT ADDED 66 GALLONS OF AVGAS. TEMPERATURE WAS 37 DEGREES CELCIUS. AFTER TAKEOFF, AIRPLANE WOULD NOT CLIMB OUT OF GROUND EFFECT, SO PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT AND LANDED BACK ON RUNWAY. ON ROLLOUT, AIRPLANE EXITED TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY AND RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED. NO INJURIES REPORTED AND ONLY DAMAGE TO RIGHT LANDING GEAR AND REAR OF RIGHT FLAP.

## Other reports on N4187Q (1)

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

- [Accident 20231127017939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231127017939A), Nov 27, 2023: Piper PA-32R-301T (N4187Q), Attalla, AL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. At 1743, [privacy data omitted]was approximately 4 nautical miles north-northeast of runway 18 at northeast Alabama regional airport (gad), when the pilot…

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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