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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-260 · Pflugerville, TX · July 3, 2023

Date
July 3, 2023 · 17:00 local
Place
Pflugerville, TX
Airport
Austin Exec
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8875P
Reported as
Piper PA-24-260
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
161 total36 in this make and model36 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

PIC attempted visual approach to kedc runway 13. Upon touchdown, a shuddering was felt and a go around was executed. Second attempt resulted in aircraft bouncing several times and a second go around was executed. Third attempt, the aircraft bounced several times and came to a stop on the runway. PIC taxied aircraft off the runway. The aircraft suffered minor damage which included a prop strike, the nose gear wheel hub disintegrated and the main landing gear tires suffered flat spots and popped off the rims. There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

PIC ATTEMPTED VISUAL APPROACH TO KEDC RUNWAY 13. UPON TOUCHDOWN, A SHUDDERING WAS FELT AND A GO AROUND WAS EXECUTED. SECOND ATTEMPT RESULTED IN AIRCRAFT BOUNCING SEVERAL TIMES AND A SECOND GO AROUND WAS EXECUTED. THIRD ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. PIC TAXIED AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE WHICH INCLUDED A PROP STRIKE, THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL HUB DISINTEGRATED AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES SUFFERED FLAT SPOTS AND POPPED OFF THE RIMS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

Other reports on N8875P · 1

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