# Incident 20190316010799I: Curtiss Wright P-40N, Conroe, TX, March 16, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2019, 13:25 local time
- Place: Conroe, TX
- Airport: Conroe North Houston Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3534° N, 95.4151° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CONROE/NORTH HOUSTON RGNL (CXO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3534&lon=-95.4151&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1226N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1226N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Curtiss Wright P-40N (registry code 2622206, https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-p-40n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison V1710 series (registry code 03001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-v1710-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTISS WRIGHT P-40N
- Reported engine: ALLISON V1710 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,100 total, 200 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190316010799I

## Narrative

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

N1226N FLIGHT WITH 01 PILOT ONBOARD ORIGINATED FROM CONROE-NORTH HOUSTON REGIONAL AIRPORT (CXO), CONROE, TX, WITH A DESTINATION OF CONROE-NORTH HOUSTON REGIONAL AIRPORT (CXO), CONROE, TX.  AIRCRAFT WAS PARTICIPATING IN TORA, TORA, TORA PROGRAM AIRSHOW PRACTICE.  PILOT STATED HE SET UP FOR A NORMAL LANDING ON RUNWAY 01 AND ON TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  UPON LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSING, THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE RUNWAY.  PILOT STATED HE KEPT THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY FOR ALMOST THREE HUNDRED FEET BEFORE IT SLID OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT SPUN APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED DEGREES TO THE LEFT, COMING TO REST JUST OFF THE LEFT-SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE LEFT WING WAS RAISED USING AN AIRBAG AND UPON SECURING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR IN A DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED FROM THE RUNWAY.

VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDES: DAMAGE TO ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES; DAMAGE TO LEFT WING TIP; DAMAGE TO OUTBOARD CORNER OF LEFT AILERON; DAMAGE TO OUTBOARD CORNER OF LEFT FLAP.  THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO FAILURE OF A FITTING ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR.

## Other reports on N1226N (3)

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

- [Incident 20030317005399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030317005399I), Mar 17, 2003: Curtis P40NREED (N1226N), Casa Grande, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Airman departed luke afb enroute to his home base in Texas. At level cruise, 11,500' approximately 20 minutes into the flight in the vicinity of sfd VOR…
- [Incident 19940424014439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940424014439I), Apr 24, 1994: Curtis P40NREED (N1226N), Fredricksburg, TX, Minor damage. Pilot collided with a parked aircraft while taxiing to his parking position.
- [Incident 19900420015219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900420015219I), Apr 20, 1990: Curtis P40NREED (N1226N), Three Rivers, TX, Minor damage. Cockpit canopy departed inflight. No problem observed in pre flight.

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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