# Accident 20231129021479A: Piper PA-28-180, Mckinney, TX, November 29, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2023, 15:20 local time
- Place: Mckinney, TX
- Airport: Mckinney
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1779° N, 96.5905° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at McKinney National Airport (TKI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1779&lon=-96.5905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8349W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8349W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 112 total, 33 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231129021479A

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING TO RUNWAY STUDENT PILOT ON SOLO FLIGHT PROCEEDED TO APPLY FLAPS TO DOWN POSITION ON TOUCHDOWN ROLLOUT. AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, NOSE DIPPED DOWNWARD CAUSING THE PROPERLERS TO STRIKE SURFACE, ALONG WITH THE RIGHT-WING TIP DIPPING, ALSO CONTACTING THE SURFACE. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST PARTIALLY OFF RUNWAY PAVED SURFACE AND APPROXIMATLY 90 DEGREES OFFSET FROM THE LANDING RUNWAY HEADING. ONE SOLE OCCUPANY ONBOARD WHO WAS UNINJURIED. STUDENT PILOT WAS ENDORSED BY THEIR FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TO CONDUCT SOLO FLIGHT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N8349W (2)

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

- [Incident 20110717014839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110717014839I), Jul 17, 2011: Piper PA-28-180 (N8349W), Vici, OK, Minor damage. Aircraft landed at Vici Airport runway 16 when the aircraft departed the side of the runway to the left. Subsequently collapsing the nose gear and damaging the…
- [Incident 20090226001399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090226001399I), Feb 26, 2009: Piper PA28180 (N8349W), Yuma, CO, Minor damage. (-23) On February 26, 2009 Piper 180 cherokee single engine airplane, N8349W, landed without incident at yumpa municipal airport, CO. During the transition…

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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