# Incident 20190508010989I: Piper PA-28-180, Amarillo, TX, May 8, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2019, 19:38 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N828MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N828MC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 57 total, 26 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190508010989I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 8, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1938 CDT, N828MC, A PIPER PA28 SERIAL NUMBER 28-4615 EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AT RICK HUSBAND AMARILLO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KAMA).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY A PRIVATE RATED PILOT CARRYING TWO PASSENGERS ON A NIGHT TIME CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT.  THE PILOT APPROACHED RUNWAY 03 WITH TWO NOTCHES OF FLAPS AND AIRSPEED OF 80 MPH. THE PILOT FELT THE TWO MAINS HIT THE RUNWAY AND APPLIED BRAKES.  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SLIDE TO THE LEFT AND SLID OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY.  IT CAME TO REST WITH THE NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N828MC (2)

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

- [Incident 20250823012309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250823012309I), Aug 23, 2025: Piper PA-28-180 (N828MC), Lamesa, TX, Minor damage. On August 23, 2025, at 1300 CDT, a Piper cherokee 180 aircraft, registered to a flight school in lubbock, veered to the left and departed from RW7 to the left…
- [Accident 20051102026439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051102026439A), Nov 2, 2005: Piper PA28180 (N828MC), Lubbock, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) Nose wheel axle was lost in flight. When the pilot lowered the nose during landing, the aircraft veered to the right and the left wing tip hit the…

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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