# Incident 20171118019179I: Rockwell International 114, Spring, TX, November 18, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2017, 18:30 local time
- Place: Spring, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0621° N, 95.3837° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spring, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0621&lon=-95.3837&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4981W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4981W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 114 (registry code 7630314, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-114) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL 114
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 143 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171118019179I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 35L AT KDWH.  THE AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 35L RESULTING IN COLLAPSE OF THE RIGHT-SIDE MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT, DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP FAIRING, AND INTERIOR OVERHEAD PANELS BREAKING LOOSE FROM OVERHEAD.  AIRCRAFT CLEARED RUNWAY UNDER ITS OWN POWER.  ONCE CLEAR OF RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN AND PILOT AND PASSENGERS EXITED.  DUE TO DAMAGE TO RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, GROUND CREW TOWED AIRCRAFT FROM TAXIWAY.

## Other reports on N4981W (1)

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

- [Incident 19830930062689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830930062689I), Sep 30, 1983: Gulstm 114 (N4981W), Bremerton, WA, Minor damage. Engine stopped on climbout. Landed gear up short of runway. Unable to find cause of engine malfunction.

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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