# Incident 20160711011949I: Piper PA-28-140, Murchison, TX, July 11, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2016, 16:40 local time
- Place: Murchison, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2752° N, 95.7561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Murchison, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2752&lon=-95.7561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6039W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6039W-2018-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,249 total, 950 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160711011949I

## Narrative

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

ON RETURN FROM PLEASURE FLIGHT, PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RWY 16. PILOT STATED THE WINDSOCK AT THE PRIVATE AIRPORT WAS "GUSTING STRAIGHT OUT" ON HIS ATTEMPTS (9-15 KNOTS WINDSPEED). HIS NORMAL APPROACH SPEED OF 46 KNOTS WAS CHANGED TO 52 KNOTS DUE TO WINDS.

ON TOUCHDOWN PILOT STATED A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND BALLOONED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY. PILOT STATED HE DID NOT APPLY POWER AND TRIED TO SET THE AIRCRAFT BACK DOWN. ON SECOND TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED AGAIN. ON THIRD TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE NLG WHICH SHEARED OFF JUST ABOVE THE WHEEL PANT. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP.

PILOT ALSO STATED THE TREELINE LOCATED APPROX 150 METRES OFF END OF RUNWAY REQUIRES A STEEP APPROACH ANGLE TO CLEAR

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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