# Accident 20181218024889A: Piaggio P180, Georgetown, TX, December 18, 2018 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: December 18, 2018, 07:45 local time - Place: Georgetown, TX - Airport: Georgetown - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 30.6327° N, 97.6772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Georgetown, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6327&lon=-97.6772&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: 19,811 total, 812 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181218024889A ## 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. ASI IIC RECOMMENDS PILOT RECEIVE COUNSELING ACTION FROM THIS OFFICE.AIRMAN GIVEN COMPLIANCE COUNSELING REGARDING PILOT LOGBOOKS AND 61.51 - SEE PTRS 1750 SW17201803561.***END OF PTRS ENTRY*** THIS INSPECTOR WAS ASSIGNED THIS ACCIDENT ON 05/26/2020, SEVERAL YEARS AFTER THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. AS SUCH, BLOCK 35 REFLECTS FAA PARTICIPATION AS NOT ON SCENE. HOWEVER, THE INITIAL IIC TOOK 6 HOURS OF TRAVEL TIME TO AND FROM THE SCENE. THE DATE OF THIS ACCIDENT ACCORDING TO THE -9 WAS 12/18/2017. HOWEVER, THE ATQA AUTOMATION WILL NOT ALLOW THE YEAR TO BE CORRECTED FROM 2018 TO 2017. SINCE THAT DATE CANNOT BE CORRECTED, THE PROPER DATES FOR BLOCKS 36 AND 37 ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE PRIOR TO THE EVENT DATE, THE ONLY WAY THE AUTOMATION WILL ALLOW A SAVE IS TO MAKE THE DATE ENTRY OF 12/18/2018. ## NTSB investigation None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.