# Incident 20220329004769I: Piper PA-24-250, Lubbock, TX, March 29, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2022, 10:00 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Lubbock Executive Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4838° N, 101.8130° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUBBOCK EXEC AIRPARK (F82), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4838&lon=-101.8130&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7262P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7262P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 203 total, 42 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220329004769I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 29, 2022, AT 10:00AM LOCAL TIME CDT, A PIPER PA-24-250 AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N7262P, REGISTERED TO THE PRIVATE OWNER, EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE ON A ONE MILE FINAL APPROACH TO THE DESTIANTION AIRPORT AND LANDED IN A FIELD.  THERE WAS ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR. LOCATION WAS I MILE NORTH OF THE LUBBOCK EXECUTIVE AIR PARK (F82) IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING FROM KGKS GALVESTON, TEXAS TO F82 LUBBOCK, TEXAS. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT, AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM (KGKS) ON (MARCH 29, 2022 AT 6:55AM LOCAL TIME CDT.

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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