# Incident 20191018020229I: Piper PA-30, Lubbock, TX, October 18, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2019, 18:15 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Lubbock Preston Smith Internat
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6637° N, 101.8206° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTL (LBB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6637&lon=-101.8206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333SN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N333SN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 66 total, 18 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191018020229I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 18, 2019, AT 1850 LOCAL TIME, A 1966 PIPER PA-30-30 TWIN COMANCHE AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N333SN, REGISTERED TO HUB CITY AVIATION, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS DUE TO CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING AT KLBB LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KCOS COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, AT 1450 LOCAL TIME.

## Other reports on N333SN (1)

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

- [Incident 20220504002739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220504002739I), May 4, 2022: Piper PA-30 (N333SN), Lubbock, TX, Minor damage. On may 4, 2022, at 1209 CDT, a Piper PA-30 aircraft bearing registration number N333SN, registered to hub city aviation academy LLC, suffered a left main…

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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