# Incident 20191116021289I: Piper PA-34-200, Gainesville, TX, November 16, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2019, 14:30 local time
- Place: Gainesville, TX
- Airport: Gainesville Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: U9FS
- Location: 33.6522° N, 97.1973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GAINESVILLE MUNI (GLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6522&lon=-97.1973&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1JD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1JD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,043 total, 220 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191116021289I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF RUDDER CONTROL DURING A 14 CFR 141 TRAINING FLIGHT FROM DENTON ENTERPRISE AIRPORT (KDTO) DENTON, TX. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO GAINESVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KGLE) GAINESVILLE, TX AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 36 WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY U.S. AVIATION GROUP, LLC. FLIGHT TRAINING WAS BEING CONDUCTED WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AND THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD. THE PILOT IS A CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE PASSENGER WAS A STUDENT PILOT.

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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