# Incident 20231118022279I: Piper PA-44-180, Longview, TX, November 18, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2023, 22:10 local time
- Place: Longview, TX
- Airport: East Texas Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: K9YS
- Location: 32.3840° N, 94.7115° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAST TEXAS RGNL (GGG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3840&lon=-94.7115&mi=10
- Aircraft: N213CB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N213CB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231118022279I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT MADE FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 31, EAST TEXAS REGIONAL, AIRCRAFT PROPERLY CONFIGURED,

THREE GREEN GEAR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. LANDING WAS NORMAL AND DURING THE SLOW-DOWN ROLL THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR

BROKE AND THE PLANE TILTED DOWNWARD ON THE RIGHT, CAUSING THE RIGHT PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE

AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP, RIGHT SIDE RESTING ON THE REMAINING STRUT.  THE AIRCRAFT NEVER LEFT THE RUNWAY.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND REMOVED FROM RUNWAY THE NEXT MORNING UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE AIRCRAFT

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND AIRFIELD MANAGER. THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR SHOCK PISTON BROKE IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE FORK

ASSEMBLY, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO COME TO REST ON THE REMAINING PISTON/STRUT. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND,

DAMAGING BOTH BLADES. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE WING OR FUSELAGE CONTACTED THE GROUND. TWO SOULS

ON BOARD, CFI AND STUDENT. NO INJURIES, NO DAMAGE TO AIRFIELD. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT; INCIDENT.

AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO RAMP AND PLACED ON BLOCKS, AWAITING REPAIRS.

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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