# Incident 20230811011729I: Piper PA-24-250, Lubbock, TX, August 11, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2023, 21:05 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Lubbock Preston Smith Internat
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6637° N, 101.8206° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTL (LBB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6637&lon=-101.8206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5226P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5226P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (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-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 474 total, 323 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230811011729I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 11, 2023, AT 2105 CDT, A PIPER COMANCHE (PA-24-250) ENCOUNTERED A GEAR COLLAPSE AFTER IT LANDED ON RUNWAY17R AT LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN ALL THREE OF THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING ROLLOUT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM PAGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KPGA) LOCATED IN ARIZONA ON AUGUST 11, 2023, AT AN UNKNOWN TIME.

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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