# Incident 20230126000759I: Piper PA-28-235, Burnet, TX, January 26, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2023, 17:30 local time
- Place: Burnet, TX
- Airport: Burnet Municipal Kate Craddock Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7389° N, 98.2386° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BURNET MUNI/KATE CRADDOCK FLD (BMQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7389&lon=-98.2386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N418FW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N418FW-2023-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (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-28-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 127 total, 26 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230126000759I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED LAKEWAY AIRPARK (3R9)

PILOT FLEW WITH 3 PASSANGERS, 4 TOTAL ON AIRCRAFT

PILOT FLEW TO BURNET MUNICIPAL (BMQ)

PILOT PERFORMED AN APPROACH AND FLEW OVER THE AIRFIELD

PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AIRCRAFT AT BMQ, PILOT REPORTED THAT AIR SPEED UPON LANDING WAS 70-75 KNOTS WITH CLEAR AND CALM WINDS

PILOT INDICATED THAT WHEN LANDING GEAR HIT THE GROUND THE NOSE TURNED ABRUPTLY TO RIGHT WITHOUT RUDDER INPUT AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY.

AIRCRAFT VEERED 45 DEGREES OFF THE RUNWAY ON A STRAIGHT LINE AND STOP AT OR NEAR 200 FEET FROM ACTIVE

AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR BROKE FROM TERRAIN AND TURNED PERPENDICULAR AND SKID AT OR NEAT 30-40 FEET UNTIL FINAL STOP

IIC NARRATIVE:

AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM ACTIVE PRIOR TO FAA INSPECTION.  REVIEWED AIRCRAFT LOGS BOOKS, ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS CURRENT, NO PRIOR LANDING GEAR MAINTENACE INDICATED PRIOR TO INCIDENT.  PRIMARY FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE FUNCTIONAL.  OVERALL GENERAL CONDITION WAS IN WORKING ORDER. DUE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND DAMAGE WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE STEERING WAS IN WORKING ORDER.

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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