# Accident 20170707023689A: Piper PA-32RT, San Antonio, TX, July 7, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2017, 17:25 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: XBBNH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170707023689A

## Narrative

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

07/07/2017 AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM MONTERREY MEXICO LANDING AT SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ON RUNWAY 13L. AT TOUCHDOWN AIRCRAFT PROPELLER BEGAN TO SCRAPE ON RUNWAY SURFACE PILOT REALIZED HE DID NOT PUT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION SO HE IMMEDIATLY BROUGHT THE HANDLE DOWN. AS SOON AS THE THERE WAS WEIGHT ON WHEELS THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED. AIRCRAFT THEN SLID OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM FUSELAGE, FUSELAGE STRINGERS, TAIL STRAKE FINS, DAMAGE TO UNDER SIDE OF BOTH WINGS, THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED. BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR WELLS HAD MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE FOUR PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS AND PILOT. IT WAS DECIDED BY AIRCRAFT OWNER TO HAVE THE AIRCRAFT PUT ON A FLAT BED TRUCK AND TRANSPORT BACK TO MEXICO.

(UNABLE TO CONTACT PILOT TO OBTAIN PILOT INFORMATION IN BLOCK 31).

THIS TASK WAS ORIGINALLY ASSIGNED TO INSPECTOR RLT. RLT DID NOT COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT PRIOR TO HIS RETIREMENT. THE TASK WAS REASSIGNED TO INSPECTOR VHL ON 05/19/2018.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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