# Incident 20231003021679I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Sulphur Springs, TX, October 3, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2023, 08:00 local time
- Place: Sulphur Springs, TX
- Airport: Sulphur Springs Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 3USS
- Location: 33.1598° N, 95.6211° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SULPHUR SPRINGS MUNI (SLR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1598&lon=-95.6211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N343TF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N343TF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, 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 AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231003021679I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS BEING FLOWN BY STUDENT PILOT ON FIRST SOLO CROSS CROUNTRY FLIGHT FOR PRACTICE. THE AIRPLANE WAS LANDING ON SULPHUR SPRINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SLR) RUNWAY 01. THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT THE WIND WAS BELIEVED TO BE CALM AT TOUCHDOWN.

THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT SHE HAD TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND ON THE FIRST TWO LANDING ATTEMPTS. ON THE SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED IMPACTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND BALOONED. SHE DID ANOTHER GO-AROUND. ON THE THIRD LANDING ATTEMPT, SHE STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN AND THEN BEGAN TO SWERVE OUT OF CONTROL. SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL AND STOP THE AIRPLANE FROM SWERVING. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT, CROSSED AN AIRPORT DRAINAGE DITCH ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 01.

THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE EMBANKMENT CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DRAINAGE DITCH EMBANKMENT FACING IN AN APPROXIMATELY 255 DEGREE DIRECTION.

IT WAS FOUND THAT NO DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE MOUNT, OR LANIDNG GEAR TRUNION TUBE.

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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