# Incident 20230910021689I: Piper PA-28-181, Mesquite, TX, September 10, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2023, 12:40 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 3USS
- Location: 32.7668° N, 96.5992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mesquite, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7668&lon=-96.5992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N676TF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N676TF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B4A (registry code 41867, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B4A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 168 total, 168 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230910021689I

## Narrative

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

CONTACTED HQZ TOWER. VFR CONDITION- WINDS WERE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. ONCE PAST THE TREE LINE APPEARED LOW SO POWER WAS APPLIED. LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. INITIAL TOUCHDOWN WAS IN THE GRASS CAUSING THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATORS TO BE BENT. THE DAMAGE WAS NOT NOTICEABLE, BUT TIRE PRESSURE WAS LOW AND IN ACTUATOR WAS LOW. CONTACTED MAINTENANCE WHO GROUNDED THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N676TF (1)

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

- [Incident 20230910022709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230910022709I), Sep 10, 2023: Piper PA-28-181 (N676TF), Mesquite, TX, Minor damage. Approaching final PIC applied full flaps. Performed an incomplete flare and impacted the ground prior to runway. Minor damage ocurred to the aircraft. This was…

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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