# Incident 20231207019559I: Piper PA-28-161, Spring, TX, December 7, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2023, 11:55 local time
- Place: Spring, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0618° N, 95.5528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEML (DWH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0618&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N886EC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N886EC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,180 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231207019559I

## Narrative

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

AT 12:15 ON 12/07/2023 THIS OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED THAT PA-28-161    EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSED STRUT ON RUNWAY 17R BETWEEN TAXIWAYS D AND E AT DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEMORIAL AIRPORT (KDWH). PERMISSION WAS GRANTED TO REMOVE AIRCRAFT AFTER PICTURES WERE TAKEN BY AIRPORT MANAGER. THIS OFFICE ARRIVED AT THE OPERATOR’S HANGAR TO DOCUMENT THE DAMAGE AND SPEAK WITH INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOTS. THE PILOTS INDICATED THAT THEY WERE PRACTICING SOFT FIELD LANDINGS AND THAT IT WAS NOT A HARD LANDING. THE DAMAGE INDICATED THAT THE LOWER SCISSOR ATTACH POINTS HAD BROKEN OFF AND THE STRUT PISTON HAD BECOME SEPARATED FROM THE STRUT. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE IF THERE WERE UNDETECTED CRACKS OR IF THE BREAK WAS A RESULT OF THE LAST LANDING. THE LEFT STRUT ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THE LEFT FLAP WAS REPLACED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AT AIRFRAME TOTAL TIME: 12,031.67, ON MARCH 31, 2023. THE LAST 100-HOUR INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AT AIRFRAME TOTAL TIME: 12,596.1, ON NOVEMBER 4, 2023. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT HAD ACCUMULATED 651.33 SINCE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION AND 86.9 HOURS SINCE LAST 100-HOUR INSPECTION. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE, THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED AS NECESSARY.

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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