# Accident 20171218023269A: Piaggio P180, Georgetown, TX, December 18, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2017, 07:45 local time
- Place: Georgetown, TX
- Airport: Georgetown Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6783° N, 97.4000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6783&lon=-97.4000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N141JT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIAGGIO P180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 21,240 total, 800 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18CA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18CA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171218023269A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM ADDISON AIRPORT (KADS) ADDISON, TEXAS TO GEORGETOWN AIRPORT (KGTU) GEORGETOWN, TEXAS. PILOT AND CO-PILOT WERE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36 SETTING UP FOR LANDING IN FOG AND RAINY CONDITIONS (IMC) WITH A SLIGHT CROSSWIND.

PILOT ASKED CO-PILOT TO CALL OUT ALTITUDES FOR APPROACH DESCENT. VISABILITY WAS VERY LOW AT TIME AIRCRAFT WAS OVER RUNWAY. PILOT STATED RUNWAY BECAME VISIBLE JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN WHEN PILOT NOTICED AIRCRAFT WAS TO RIGHT OF CENTERLINE. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT CORRECTION AND THEN TO RIGHT TO REALIGN. LANDING WAS VERY HARD ONTO RUNWAY CAUSING AIRCRAFT RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO FAIL AND COLLAPSE. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED APPROXIMATLY 1000 FEET TO ITS FINAL RESTING POINT IN THE GRASS TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY.

AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE TO RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR AND STRUT ASSEMBLY. OTHER DAMAGE INCLUDED RIGHT WING TIP, RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER BLADES, RIGHT SIDE FOWARD KINNARD, LEFT WING TIP. RIGHT SIDE VENTRAL FIN HAD SLIGHT DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE. NO INJURY TO FLIGHT CREW.

## 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 CEN18CA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18CA058), Dec 18, 2017: Piaggio P.180 (N141JT), Georgetown, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing and the right main landing gear collapsing.

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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