# Incident 20150824015229I: Piper PA-28R-200, Houston, TX, August 24, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2015, 13:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5054S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5054S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,351 total, 842 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150824015229I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED HE WAS UNSURE IF AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION WAS PRESENT.  HE REQUESTED A FLYBY OF THE TOWER AND THE TOWER REPORTED ALL THREE GEAR APPEARED DOWN.

UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE LH MAIN PARTIALLY COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO THE LEFT, WHICH CAUSED THE RIGHT HAND GEAR TO PARTIALLY COLLAPSE.  THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED.

THE TAIL TIEDOWN EYE WAS GROUND OFF AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR CAME OFF.  NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED.

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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