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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Fredericksburg, TX · August 22, 2025

Date
August 22, 2025 · 18:05 local
Place
Fredericksburg, TX
Airport
Gillespie County
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N454J
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,737 total1,500 in this make and model52 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

privacy data omitted Departed koch with flight following to KT82. At 1800L, privacy data omitted reported T82 airport insight and canceled IFR. At 1835L, zhu center was informed of a disabled aircraft on the runway at T82 airport by privacy data omitted. privacy data omitted Reported the tail number of the aircraft to be privacy data omitted. Zhu center provided the phone number of the privacy data omitted and zhu center was able to establish communication with the pilot. The pilot reported that he did land wheels up at T82 uncontrolled airfield at approximately 1820L, 1 POB and no injuries. The pilot was in communications with the airport manager. The airport manager issued a NOTAM closing the runway.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED KOCH WITH FLIGHT FOLLOWING TO KT82. AT 1800L, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED T82 AIRPORT INSIGHT AND CANCELED IFR. AT 1835L, ZHU CENTER WAS INFORMED OF A DISABLED AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY AT T82 AIRPORT BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED THE TAIL NUMBER OF THE AIRCRAFT TO BE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ZHU CENTER PROVIDED THE PHONE NUMBER OF THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ZHU CENTER WAS ABLE TO ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION WITH THE PILOT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DID LAND WHEELS UP AT T82 UNCONTROLLED AIRFIELD AT APPROXIMATELY 1820L, 1 POB AND NO INJURIES. THE PILOT WAS IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE AIRPORT MANAGER. THE AIRPORT MANAGER ISSUED A NOTAM CLOSING THE RUNWAY.