# Incident 20240305001799I: Piper PA-28-140, Lubbock, TX, March 5, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2024, 17:31 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Lubbock Preston Smith International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 7HUS
- Location: 33.6763° N, 101.8260° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6763&lon=-101.8260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N603LH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N603LH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 13 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240305001799I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 5, 2024, AT 1731 CDT, A PIPER CHEROKEE 140 AIRCRAFT REGISTERED TO THE FLIGHT SCHOOL AT LUBBOCK AIRPORT DEPARTED TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 17 RIGHT BEFORE TAXIWAY SIERRA AT LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LBB), TX DURING TOUCH AND GO OPERATION FOR HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PART 141 SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LBB), TX ON MARCH 5, 2024 AT1720 CDT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN24LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA131), Mar 5, 2024: Piper PA-28-140 (N603LH), Lubbock, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during a touch-and-go.

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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