# Accident 20210628022529A: Hunter STEEN SKYBOLT, Palestine, TX, June 28, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2021, 13:00 local time
- Place: Palestine, TX
- Airport: Palestine Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7797° N, 95.7063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALESTINE MUNI (PSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7797&lon=-95.7063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64549, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64549) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hunter STEEN SKYBOLT (registry code 05655C8, https://openairdocs.org/model/hunter-steen-skybolt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUNTER STEEN SKYBOLT
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210628022529A

## Narrative

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

DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT, THE PILOT STATED HE WAS ON HIS WAY HOME AFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE AIRCRAFT IN SOUTH TEXAS.

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM BAYTOWN TEXAS 54T AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30 AM AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET TO CHILDRESS, TEXAS BUT DUE TO LARGE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND POOR VISIBILITY IN THE AREA IT WAS DECIDED DUE TO WEATHER THAT WE WOULD DIVERT TO A LOCAL AIRPORT. AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 LOCAL PILOT DIVERTED TO PALESTINE TEXAS TO WAIT OUT THE STORM. PILOT STATED "IT WAS A NORMAL PROCEDURE NORMAL LANDING , NOTHING UNUSUAL". RIGHT AFTER TOUCHDOWN PILOT STATED HE HEARD A BIG CLUNK SNAP SOUND ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND LOST CONTROLLABILITY OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO VEER TO THE RIGHT AND ANOTHER LARGE POP SOUND WAS HEARD AND THE PROPELLER HIT THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP.

THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ASSISTANCE AND WERE NOT INJURED DURING THE INCIDENT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N64549 (1)

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

- [Incident 19880910059579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880910059579I), Sep 10, 1988: Amtrsn SKYBOLT (N64549), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Forced landing on highway due to loss of the propeller. Found propeller attach bolts sheared off.

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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