# Incident 20200115004089I: Piper PA-28-140, Bulverde, TX, January 15, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2020, 17:20 local time
- Place: Bulverde, TX
- Airport: Bulverde Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7394° N, 98.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BULVERDE AIRPARK (1T8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7394&lon=-98.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5932U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5932U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200115004089I

## Narrative

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

SOLO STUDENT PILOT PERFORMED TAKEOFF AND LANDING TRAINING AT BULVERDE AIRPARK (1T8) IN BULVERDE, TX.  AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING DURING VFR CONDITIONS.  PILOT STATED AIRCRAFT BOUNCED HARD ON RUNWAY AND NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT BROKE AT BOTTOM OF STRUT.  NOSE TIRE AND FORK SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT. NOSE STRUT AND PROPELLER GOUGED RUNWAY SURFACE APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET FROM LEFT EDGE OF RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 18 FEET LEFT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE ON 40-FOOT WIDE RUNWAY.  AFTER SLIDING APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET, AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN GRASS TO LEFT OF RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY THE 1000 FOOT MARK. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR, ENGINE MOUNTS AND PROPELLER.  NO INJURIES TO STUDENT SOLO PILOT.  STUDENT PILOT IS A MINOR.  BOTH HER PARENTS GAVE PARENTAL CONSENT AND ACCOMPANIED HER DURING THE INVESTIGATION INTERVIEW AT THE SAN ANTONIO FSDO. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BULVERDE AIRPART (1T8) ON JANUARY 15, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 HOURS.

## Other reports on N5932U (2)

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

- [Accident 20201020018759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201020018759A), Oct 20, 2020: Piper PA-28-140 (N5932U), Buda, TX, Substantial damage. During night instruction pilot reported engine began not to make power, all indications normal, turned on carb heat, no change noted. Engine began to shake,…
- [Accident 19960331005619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960331005619A), Mar 31, 1996: Piper PA28140 (N5932U), Thief River Fal, MN, Destroyed. Lost oil pressure on local flight. Crash landed in snow covered field. Oil cooler line failed. Engine seized. (-23) pilot was on a VFR pleasure ride. Aircraft…

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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