# Incident 20230703008539I: Piper PA-24-260, Pflugerville, TX, July 3, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2023, 17:00 local time
- Place: Pflugerville, TX
- Airport: Austin Exec
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3975° N, 97.5664° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUSTIN EXEC (EDC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3975&lon=-97.5664&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8875P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8875P-2025-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 161 total, 36 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230703008539I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19901017052549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901017052549I), Oct 17, 1990: Piper PA24260 (N8875P), Boise, ID, Minor damage. Total electrical failure after departure. Returned. Landing gear collapsed on rollout.

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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