# Accident 20210612006419A: Piper PA-28-150, Fulshear, TX, June 12, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2021, 09:43 local time
- Place: Fulshear, TX
- Airport: Covey Trails Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6901° N, 95.8405° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6901&lon=-95.8405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5853W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5853W-2023-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-150 (registry code 7102804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-150) (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-28-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,586 total, 421 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA282) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210612006419A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN21LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA282), Jun 12, 2021: Piper PA-28-150 (N5853W), Fulshear, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper glidepath during the landing approach, which led to an impact with a fence.

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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