# Incident 20240216000779I: Piper PA-38-112, Georgetown, TX, February 16, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2024, 10:30 local time
- Place: Georgetown, TX
- Airport: Georgetown Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: PQQS
- Location: 30.6327° N, 97.6772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Georgetown, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6327&lon=-97.6772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2462C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2462C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38-112
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 303 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240216000779I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR PILOT INSTRUCTING STUDENT PILOT. WHILE FLYING, A WIND ADVISORY FOR GUSTY WINDS WAS ISSUED. THE STUDENT PILOT

PERFORMED TWO TOUCH AND GOES WITH THE STUDENT MANIPULATING THE CONTROLS. THESE LANDINGS WERE NOT GOOD AND THE STUDENT WAS COMING IN MUCH TOO SLOW. FOR THE FINAL LANDING TO A FULL STOP, THE STUDENT WAS INSTRUCTED TO REDUCE POWER TO IDLE AND FLY DOWN TO THE RUNWAY ONCE ON SHORT FINAL. THE STUDENTS APPROACH WAS FINE. ON SHORT FINAL, THE INSTRUCTOR INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO REDUCE POWER AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED. ONCE POWER WAS REDUCED, INSTEAD OF PITCHING DOWN AND FLYING DOWN TO THE RUNWAY, THE STUDENT PITCHED UP. AS THE STUDENT PITCHED UP, THE WIND LIFTED THE RIGHT WING CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO SUDDENLY DIVE TOWARDS THE GROUND. THE INSTRUCTOR THEN TOOK CONTROLS AND ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WINGS TO THE RIGHT, WHICH WAS ENOUGH TO KEEP THE LEFT WING FROM HITTING THE RUNWAY. HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN DECENT AND DROPPED FROM APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET TO THE RUNWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTER CORRECTION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD, DIRECTLY ON THE LEFT LANDING GEAR, BLOWING THE TIRE UPON IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TO THE RIGHT AFTER LANDING AND SCUFFED THE RIGHT WINGTIP AND RIGHT HAND AILERON TRAILING EDGE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. EITHER UPON CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, OR AFTER GOING DOWN THE RUNWAY WITH A FLAT TIRE, THE LEFT BRAKE CALIPER BROKE AND DETACHED.

THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO TAXI OFF THE RUNWAY. 2 PEOPLE ON BOARD. NO INJURIES. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT ONLY.

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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