# Incident 20230910022709I: Piper PA-28-181, Mesquite, TX, September 10, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2023, 11:40 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Airport: Mesquite Metropolitan Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: Flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230910022709I

## Narrative

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

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 A CHECKRIDE WITH A DPE AND WAS NOT AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N676TF (1)

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

- [Incident 20230910021689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230910021689I), Sep 10, 2023: Piper PA-28-181 (N676TF), Mesquite, TX, Minor damage. 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.…

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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