20240821013579A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Cut And Shoot, TX · August 21, 2024

Date
August 21, 2024 · 17:30 local
Place
Cut And Shoot, TX
Airport
Chennault Airfield
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3591R
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN24LA323
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
44 in this make and model37 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

privacy data omitted Was arriving rwy 17 on a training/solo flight for ratings. Aircraft touched down left of centerline and continued off the runway till the left wing leading edge struck an aluminum fence post. The wing completely detached from the airframe minus flight control cables and wiring. The aircraft came to rest tangled in the fence after rotating on its vertical axis 270 degrees.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ARRIVING RWY 17 ON A TRAINING/SOLO FLIGHT FOR RATINGS. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN LEFT OF CENTERLINE AND CONTINUED OFF THE RUNWAY TILL THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE STRUCK AN ALUMINUM FENCE POST. THE WING COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM THE AIRFRAME MINUS FLIGHT CONTROL CABLES AND WIRING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST TANGLED IN THE FENCE AFTER ROTATING ON ITS VERTICAL AXIS 270 DEGREES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N3591R · 3

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