# Incident 20240627008029I: Piper PA-44-180, New Braunfels, TX, June 27, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2024, 12:35 local time
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Airport: New Braunfels Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7045° N, 98.0422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at New Braunfels National Airport (BAZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7045&lon=-98.0422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N999NF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N999NF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1H6 (registry code 42399, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1h6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,594 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240627008029I

## Narrative

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

ON 6/27/2024, DURING INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO OPERATIONS. AT 12:37 CDT, SHORTLY AFTER SECOND TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 17, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN STEERING TO THE RIGHT AND WENT INTO THE GRASS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

ON 6/28/2024, INSPECTION OF NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY (P/N 67100-013), DISCOVERED THREE BOLTS P/N 401-265 * BOLT—(AN3-H7A) SHEERED OFF, WHICH ALOUD NOSE WHEEL STEERING ARM ASSEMBLY (P/N 44386-003) TO SEPARATE FROM THE NOSE GEAR STRUT.

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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