# Accident 20170714009919A: Piper PA-28-161, Fort Worth, TX, July 14, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2017, 08:15 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Meacham International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: GTUS
- Location: 32.8167° N, 97.3600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8167&lon=-97.3600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82629, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82629) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (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-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 34 total, 34 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA419](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA419) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170714009919A

## Narrative

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

REVIEWED AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE LOG BOOKS THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE WERE WITHIN THEIR ANNUAL AND 100 HOUR INSPECTIONS. REVIEWED PILOT'S MEDICAL. 2ND CLASS AND CURRENT. REVIEWED PILOT'S LOG BOOK IT WAS UP TODATE.

INTERVIEWED THE PILOT CONCERNING THE FLIGHT. HE STATED HE WAS PERFORMING PRACTICE TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS AND ON HIS 7TH TOUCH-AND-GO THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND WHEN IT CAME BACK DOWN TO THE RUNWAY IT HIT ON ITS REAR WHEELS AND THEN THE FRONT WHEEL WITH THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY. ^MR. MANIK^ PROVIDED A SIGNED STATEMENT.

INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN TOWED INTO THE HANGAR AND CORDONED OFF. INITIAL LOOK SHOWED THE FRONT TIRE TO BE FLAT WITH THE NOSE GEAR ANGLED TOWARD THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT. LOOKING INSIDE THE COWLING THE TUBULAR STRUTS HOLDING THE NOSE GEAR AND ENGINE MOUNTS WERE BENT AND BROKEN. IT WAS EVIDENT THAT NUMEROUS NOSE GEAR MOUNT STRUTS WERE BROKEN AND BUCKLED. THE ENGINE MOUNT TUBES WERE BENT AND THE FIRE WALL WAS BUCKLED AT THE ATTACHMENT POINT FOR THE LOWER RIGHT HAND ENGINE MOUNT STRUT. APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES OF PROPELLER TIP WAS CURLED FORWARD ON BOTH TIPS OF THE PROPELLER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA17CA419](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA419), Jul 14, 2017: Piper PA28 (N82629), Fort Worth, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and a propeller strike.

## Other reports on N82629 (3)

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

- [Incident 20130506012579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130506012579I), May 6, 2013: Piper PA-28-161 (N82629), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. On 05/06/2013, at 1700 hours a Piper PA-28-161 (n #) 82629 owned by delta qualiflight being operated by a student pilot, who was involved in an incident during…
- [Incident 20070523007359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070523007359I), May 23, 2007: Piper PA28161 (N82629), Arlington, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On may 23, 2007 at approximately 1614 hours CDT, aircraft N82629, a Piper PA-28-161, owned by [privacy data omitted] and operated by delta aeronautics,…
- [Incident 19860323007499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860323007499I), Mar 23, 1986: Piper PA28161 (N82629), Russell, KS, Minor damage. Veered off the side of the runway during a crosswind landing. After touchdown in a crab.

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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