# Incident 20210724011669I: Piper PA-28R-180, Huntsville, TX, July 24, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2021, 20:05 local time
- Place: Huntsville, TX
- Airport: Huntsville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7469° N, 95.5872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUNTSVILLE MUNI (UTS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7469&lon=-95.5872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4996J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4996J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 250 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210724011669I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PERFORMING A NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN TO A FULL-STOP LANDING AT THE COMPLETION OF A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. PILOT STATED THAT HE PERFORMED A STANDARD BEFORE LANDING CHECK IN ACCORD WITH THE AIRPLANE CHECK LIST AND CONFIRMED "THREE GREEN LIGHTS" FOR THE LANDING SAFE INDICATION WHILE ON DOWN-WIND LEG. PILOT RECONFIRMED "THREE GREEN LIGHTS" WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH LEG. ON TOUCHDOWN PILOT STATES THAT HE FELT THE MAINS TOUCH AND THAT THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO SETTLE ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRPLANE AS THE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PROPELLER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE BUT EXCEPT FOR GEAR DOOR DAMAGE, THERE WAS LITTLE OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE.

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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