What happened
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N5853W flight with 01 pilot onboard originating from Covey Trails Airport (X09), Fulshear, TX, crashed short of runway 17, Covey Trails Airport (X09), Fulshear, TX. Covey Trails Airport is a grass strip with the approach to runway 17 crossing over a shopping center, westbound lanes of FM-1093, a median, and east-bound lanes of FM-1093. A five-foot tall fence comprised of six-inch diameter fence posts, expanded wire, barbed wire and shrubbery is approximately 45-feet from the shoulder of the eastbound lanes of FM-1093. The pilot?s approach for landing resulted in the aircraft impacting two five-foot tall fence posts, fencing, and shrubbery bordering the airport property. After impact, the aircraft landed, the nose landing gear collapsed aft, and the aircraft came to rest in a nose-down attitude on the main landing gear right of center of the runway approximately 150-feet from the point of impact with the fence. The pilot egressed the aircraft with no injuries reported. Visible damage to the aircraft includes: both propeller blades bent; damage to underside of engine cowling; nose landing gear collapse causing damage to underside of nose section of aircraft; damage to inboard leading edge of left wing with separation of wing skin panels at the rivet line; damage to left main landing gear; damage to right main landing gear; damage to center section of leading edge of right wing with separation of skin panel from adjacent skin panels at the rivet lines and possible damage to spar indicated.
As the FAA filed it
N5853W FLIGHT WITH 01 PILOT ONBOARD ORIGINATING FROM COVEY TRAILS AIRPORT (X09), FULSHEAR, TX, CRASHED SHORT OF RUNWAY 17, COVEY TRAILS AIRPORT (X09), FULSHEAR, TX. COVEY TRAILS AIRPORT IS A GRASS STRIP WITH THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17 CROSSING OVER A SHOPPING CENTER, WESTBOUND LANES OF FM-1093, A MEDIAN, AND EAST-BOUND LANES OF FM-1093. A FIVE-FOOT TALL FENCE COMPRISED OF SIX-INCH DIAMETER FENCE POSTS, EXPANDED WIRE, BARBED WIRE AND SHRUBBERY IS APPROXIMATELY 45-FEET FROM THE SHOULDER OF THE EASTBOUND LANES OF FM-1093. THE PILOT?S APPROACH FOR LANDING RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTING TWO FIVE-FOOT TALL FENCE POSTS, FENCING, AND SHRUBBERY BORDERING THE AIRPORT PROPERTY. AFTER IMPACT, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFT, AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR RIGHT OF CENTER OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 150-FEET FROM THE POINT OF IMPACT WITH THE FENCE. THE PILOT EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED. VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDES: BOTH PROPELLER BLADES BENT; DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE OF ENGINE COWLING; NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE CAUSING DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE OF NOSE SECTION OF AIRCRAFT; DAMAGE TO INBOARD LEADING EDGE OF LEFT WING WITH SEPARATION OF WING SKIN PANELS AT THE RIVET LINE; DAMAGE TO LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR; DAMAGE TO RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR; DAMAGE TO CENTER SECTION OF LEADING EDGE OF RIGHT WING WITH SEPARATION OF SKIN PANEL FROM ADJACENT SKIN PANELS AT THE RIVET LINES AND POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO SPAR INDICATED.
NTSB investigation
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