# Incident 20250823012309I: Piper PA-28-180, Lamesa, TX, August 23, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2025, 13:00 local time
- Place: Lamesa, TX
- Airport: Lamesa Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 32.7563° N, 101.9202° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAMESA MUNI (LUV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7563&lon=-101.9202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N828MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N828MC) (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: 49 total, 49 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250823012309I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 23, 2025, AT 1300 CDT, A PIPER CHEROKEE 180 AIRCRAFT, REGISTERED TO A FLIGHT SCHOOL IN LUBBOCK, VEERED TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED FROM RW7 TO THE LEFT AND IMPACTED TERRAIN DURING TOUCH-AND-GO AT LAMESA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN LAMESA, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT UNDER PART 141.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LUBBOCK AIRPORT IN LUBBOCK, TX ON AUGUST 23, 2025, AT 11:30 CDT.

## Other reports on N828MC (2)

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

- [Incident 20190508010989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190508010989I), May 8, 2019: Piper PA-28-180 (N828MC), Amarillo, TX, Minor damage. On may 8, 2019, at approximately 1938 CDT, N828MC, a Piper PA28 serial number 28-4615 experienced a hard landing at rick husband Amarillo international airport…
- [Accident 20051102026439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051102026439A), Nov 2, 2005: Piper PA28180 (N828MC), Lubbock, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) Nose wheel axle was lost in flight. When the pilot lowered the nose during landing, the aircraft veered to the right and the left wing tip hit the…

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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