# Incident 20171104018239I: 2016 Shaw Thomas B RV-7A, Hobbs, NM, November 4, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2017, 14:00 local time
- Place: Hobbs, NM
- Airport: Lea County Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6873° N, 103.2175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEA COUNTY RGNL (HOB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6873&lon=-103.2175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N705BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N705BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Shaw Thomas B RV-7A (registry code 056349I, https://openairdocs.org/model/shaw-thomas-b-rv-7a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1A (registry code 41818, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: 2016 SHAW THOMAS B RV-7A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 812 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171104018239I

## Narrative

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

?NOVEMBER 4, 2017, AT 1400 LOCAL, N705BC, AN RV-7A,  LANDED 100 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY STRIKING AN AIRPORT LIGHTING FIXTURE AT KHOB, HOBBS, NEW MEXICO.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VMC VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THERE WERE NO OTHER PASSENGERS ON BOARD.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KHOB ON NOVEMBER 4, 2017 AT 1400 LOCAL.

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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