# Incident 20220504002739I: Piper PA-30, Lubbock, TX, May 4, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2022, 12:09 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Preston Smith International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 7HUS
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333SN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N333SN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 398 total, 10 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220504002739I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 4, 2022, AT 1209 CDT, A PIPER PA-30 AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N333SN, REGISTERED TO HUB CITY AVIATION ACADEMY LLC, SUFFERED A LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE UPON TOUCHDOWN ON RWY 17R AT LBB (PRESTON SMITH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LUBBOCK, TX).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING FLIGHT TRAINING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE, TO THE LEFT WING AND LEFT MAIN WHEEL WELL AREA. THE PILOT AND ONE STUDENT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LBB AIRPORT IN LUBBOCK, TX ON MAY 4, 2022 AT 1146 CDT.

## Other reports on N333SN (1)

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

- [Incident 20191018020229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191018020229I), Oct 18, 2019: Piper PA-30 (N333SN), Lubbock, TX, Minor damage. On October 18, 2019, at 1850 local time, a 1966 Piper PA-30-30 twin comanche aircraft bearing registration number N333SN, registered to hub city aviation,…

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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