# Incident 20161015024949I: Piper PA-28R-200, Pearland, TX, October 15, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2016, 15:30 local time
- Place: Pearland, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5636° N, 95.2860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pearland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5636&lon=-95.2860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7716C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7716C-2020-10-03) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 74 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161015024949I

## Narrative

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

A HELICOPTER (R-22) WAS PRACTICING STEEP APPROACHES AND MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE TAKEOFFS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN . HELICOPTER PILOT HAD ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WAS PREPARING FOR A VERTICAL TAKEOFF, AND SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD NOT HEARD ANY OTHER TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN RECENTLY. AS SHE BEGAN TO PULL THE COLLECTIVE FOR LIFTOFF, SHE HEARD THE NOISE OF AN AIRCRAFT. SHE LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF, AND SHE WAS THEN OVERFLOWN BY A PIPER ARROW. HELICOPTER PILOT CLAIMED THAT THE AIRCRAFT MISSED HER BY 10 MAYBE 20 FEET. WITNESS ACCOUNTS AND VIDEO APPEAR TO CONFIRM CLOSE CALL.

ACCOUNTS OF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT IN THE PIPER ARROW CLAIM THAT THEY MADE A RADIO CALL BY FOR THE 45 DEGREE ENTRY TO THE DOWNWIND. THEY ALSO CLAIM TO HAVE MADE THEIR CALLS FOR BASE AND FINAL.  THEY STATE THAT THEY HEARD HER CALL RIGHT BASE AFTER THEY CALLED LEFT BASE, AND THEY WERE LOOKING TO THE RIGHT. THEY DID NOT SEE HER TURN BASE AND FINAL INSIDE OF THEM, AS SHE WAS PRACTICING STEEP APPROACHES.

THE HELICOPTER PILOT WAS THEN BRIEFLY SITTING ON THE RUNWAY AND THEY DID NOT SEE THE BLACK HELICOPTER ON THE BLACK RUNWAY.

STUDENT HAD TURNED FINAL AT ABOUT 300'. APPROACHING THE THRESHOLD, THE STUDENT TOLD THE INSTRUCTOR THAT HE THOUGHT THAT SOMETHING WAS ON THE RUNWAY. THE INSTRUCTOR IDENTIFIED THAT IT WAS A HELICOPTER, AND TOOK THE CONTROLS AND INITIATED A SIDESTEPP AND A GO-AROUND.

## Other reports on N7716C (4)

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

- [Incident 20180710010799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180710010799I), Jul 10, 2018: Piper PA-28R-200 (N7716C), Spring, TX, Minor damage. On approach to landing, the pilot forgot to lower the landing gear. The pilot submitted a incident statement . During the investigation, the pilot could not…
- [Incident 20080217010849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080217010849I), Feb 17, 2008: Piper PA28R200 (N7716C), La Porte, TX, Minor damage. (-23) PIC declared an emergency, loss of power, made emergency landing on state highway #146, about 1 1/2 miles east of La Porte airport (T41). No damage to…
- [Incident 20070606009379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070606009379I), Jun 6, 2007: Piper PA28R200 (N7716C), Baytown, TX, Minor damage. (-23) After take-off from la porte airport eastbound toward beaumont, the pilot initiated a power and an RPM reduction to 25" and 2500 rpm's, respectively. He…
- [Incident 20000310003679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000310003679I), Mar 10, 2000: Piper PA28R200 (N7716C), Olathe, KS, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend the landing gear. [privacy data omitted]

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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