# Incident 20180920013969I: Piper PA-24-260-B, Pearland, TX, September 20, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2018, 19:30 local time
- Place: Pearland, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5636° N, 95.2860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pearland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5636&lon=-95.2860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9292P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9292P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260-B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 272 total, 130 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180920013969I

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED PEARLAND REGIONAL AIRPORT AT 1900 HOURS. THE INTENT OF FLIGHT WAS A TRAINING FLIGHT AND ALL STANDARD MANEUVERS WERE TO BE CONDUCTED IN THE AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT/PATTERN. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH WINDS 150 AT 12 KTS, CEILINGS 4000 FT SCT, VISIBILITY GREATER THAN 10SM. AT THE TIME OF DEPARTURE, THERE WERE TWO OTHER AIRPLANES IN THE PATTERN.  COMPLETED 1 TAKEOFF AND LANDING AT WHICH TIME THE OTHER TWO PLANES WERE DONE FLYING. TWO SUBSEQUENT, SUCCESSFUL TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS WERE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT OCCURRING. ALL TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS WERE PERFORMED USING RUNWAY 14 AT KLVJ TO A COMPLETE STOP UPON WHICH EXITING THE RUNWAY AND TAXI BACK WERE REQUIRED. THERE WERE NO OTHER AIRPLANES IN THE AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. UPON TURNING LEFT BASE TO FINAL FOR RUNWAY 14 AT KLVJ, PILOT STATED HE THOUGHT THE PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST FOR LANDING WAS COMPLETE. THE APPROACH TO LANDING WAS STABILIZED, AND THE WIND WAS LIGHT AND BLOWING DIRECTLY DOWN THE RUNWAY AT THIS TIME. PILOT STATES THERE NO DISTRACTIONS IN THE AIR OR INSIDE THE COCKPIT FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THIS FOURTH TAKEOFF AND LANDING MANEUVER. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH GEAR UP ON CENTER LINE AND SKIDDED TO A HALT ON THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 300 FT PAST THE TOUCH DOWN POINT.

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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