# Accident 20191125022579A: Piper PA-34-200, Mount Pleasant, TX, November 25, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2019, 17:15 local time
- Place: Mount Pleasant, TX
- Airport: Mount Pleasant Regional Airpor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: U9FS
- Location: 33.0942° N, 94.9614° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0942&lon=-94.9614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15412, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15412-2021-09-03) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 486 total, 30 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20TA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20TA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191125022579A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 25, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1715 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER SENECA PA-34-200

(REGISTRATION NUMBER N15412) WITH TWO SOULS ON BOARD TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 17 AT KOSA, BECAME AIRBORNE, TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN, BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN, AND MADE THE FINAL TOUCH DOWN RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING AND BOTH PROPELLERS IMPACTING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY. IT WAS TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE AIRCRAFT RAMP AREA AT KOSA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN20TA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20TA025), Nov 25, 2019: Piper PA34 (N15412), Mount Pleasant, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's hard, bounced landing and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action, which resulted in a fracture of the nose landing gear mounting structure.

## Other reports on N15412 (3)

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

- [Incident 19860218014629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860218014629I), Feb 18, 1986: Piper PA34200 (N15412), Hyannis, MA, Minor damage. Nose settled to runway on rollout as gear collapsed. Downlock assembly was adjusted for over center travel.
- [Incident 19810924069809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810924069809I), Sep 24, 1981: Piper PA34200 (N15412), Hyannis, MA, Minor damage. Nosewheel collapsed on rollout. Found broken actuator arm bolt pn 400274 AN7-35.
- [Incident 19790427025129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790427025129I), Apr 27, 1979: Piper PA34200 (N15412), Hyannis, MA, Minor damage. Complete electrical failure right after takeoff, pilot returned. Problem caused by an alternator failure.

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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