# Incident 20230518005989I: Piper PA-28-180, Navasota, TX, May 18, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2023, 19:00 local time
- Place: Navasota, TX
- Airport: Navasota Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Location: 30.3671° N, 96.1129° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAVASOTA MUNI (60R), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3671&lon=-96.1129&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6548J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6548J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 207 total, 14 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230518005989I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT, WITH TWO PERSONS ON BOARD (CFI AND STUDENT PILOT), DEPARTED DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEMORIAL AIRPORT (DWH), TOMBALL, TX, ENROUTE NAVASOTA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (60R), NAVASOTA, TX, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FLIGHT INSTRUCTION.  THE STUDENT PILOT, WITH CFI IN THE RIGHT SEAT, CONDUCTED FOUR TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS, WITH THE FOURTH LANDING COMING TO FULL STOP TO ALLOW THE CFI TO DEPART THE AIRCRAFT SO THE STUDENT PILOT COULD CONDUCT THE SOLO PORTION OF THE FLIGHT.  THE STUDENT PILOT SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED TWO TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS.  ON THE THIRD LANDING THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND DEPARTED RUNWAY 35.  THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELLED THROUGH THE GRASS, DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT IN A DITCH.  THE UNINJURED STUDENT PILOT SECURED POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT AND EGRESSED.  CFI CONTACTED THE FLIGHT SCHOOL TO REPORT THE INCIDENT.  AN OFFICER FROM NAVASOTA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AN OFFICER FROM TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, ALONG WITH A FLIGHT SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE, ARRIVED ON-SCENE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE DITCH AND PARKED ON THE RAMP OF NAVASOTA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE:  NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY SHEARED FROM NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT, ONE OF TWO PROPELLER BLADES IMPACTED SURFACE RESULTING IN ONE BENT PROPELLER BLADE AND SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF ENGINE, CRACKS IN PROPELLER SPINNER, ENGINE EXHAUST PIPES BENT AFT, LOWER ENGINE FAIRING BENT/DEFORMED/SCRAPED, AND CLEAR LENS OF LEFT WING POSITION LIGHT CRACKED DUE TO IMPACT WITH GROUND.

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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