# Incident 20250728010009I: Piper PA-28-180, Childress, TX, July 28, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2025, 10:45 local time
- Place: Childress, TX
- Airport: Childress Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4338° N, 100.2880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHILDRESS MUNI (CDS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4338&lon=-100.2880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5142L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5142L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 69 total, 69 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250728010009I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY28, 2025, AT 1045 CDT, A PIPER CHEROKEE 180 AIRCRAFT REGISTERED TO A FLIGHT SCHOOL IN SLATON, HAD A PROP STRIKE ON THE SURFACE OF THE CLOSED RUNWAY, WHICH STEPS DOWN, WEST OF THE RUNWAY 18 WHILE MAKING 180° TURN AFTER LANDING RUNWAY 18 AT CHILDRESS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN CHILDRESS, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SLATON AIRPORT IN SLATON, TX ON JULY 28, 2025 AT 0910 CDT.

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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