# Incident 20241027018169I: Fairchild M-62, Pearland, TX, October 27, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2024, 13:00 local time
- Place: Pearland, TX
- Airport: Pearland Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5213° N, 95.2421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PEARLAND RGNL (LVJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5213&lon=-95.2421&mi=10
- Aircraft: N182FX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N182FX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild M-62 (registry code 3371602, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-m-62) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD M-62
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 888 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241027018169I

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING RUNWAY 14 PEARLAND REGIONAL AIRPORT, AND UPON TAILWHEEL TOUCHING DOWN, AIRCRAFT BEGAN PULLING TO THE RIGHT.  PILOT APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER AND APPLIED BRAKES.  AIRCRAFT CONTINUED VEERING TO THE RIGHT, DEPARTED RUNWAY SURFACE AND CONTINUED TO ROLL TOWARD A DRAINAGE DITCH BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE DRAINAGE DITCH NOSE FIRST AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT.  PILOT AND PASSENGER SAFELY EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED FROM THE DRAINAGE DITCH UTILIZING A CRANE AND TRANSPORTED TO A HANGAR.  POST-RECOVERY INSPECTION REVEALED THE FOLLOWING VISUAL DAMAGE:  RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY BROKEN FROM STRUT ASSEMBLY APPROXIMATELY SIX INCHES FROM WHEEL HUB; PROPELLOR DAMAGE; AND MINOR DEFORMATION OF NOSE COWLINGS.  FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE CHECKED FOR CONTINUITY WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED.  INSPECTION OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY WHERE IT BROKE FROM THE STRUT REVEALED A FRESH BREAK WHERE IT FAILED, ALONG WITH EVIDENCE OF A CRACK THAT HAD BEEN PRESENT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.  EVIDENCE OF THIS CRACK IS VISIBLE AROUND APPROXIMATELY FIFTY PERCENT OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TUBE.  VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT WAS PROVIDED VIA EMAIL BY GENERAL MANAGER, PEARLAND REGIONAL AIRPORT.  ALTHOUGH THE VIDEO IS TAKEN FROM QUITE A DISTANCE AWAY, IT SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT LAND ON THE RUNWAY, ROLL FOR A SHORT DISTANCE, AND THEN VEER SOMEWHAT ABRUPTLY TO THE RIGHT AND DEPART THE RUNWAY AND ENTER A DITCH.

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