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FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Conroe, TX · February 15, 2026

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Date
February 15, 2026 · 11:37 local
Place
Conroe, TX
Airport
Conroe-North Houston Regional
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
3USS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N241TF
Reported as
Piper PA-44-180
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-B1G6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,060 total
N241TFRegistered now · Piper PA-44-180S/N 4496559 · Built 2023Airframe modelPiper PA-44-180Engine modelLycoming IO-360-B1G6Reciprocating

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What happened

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

Aircraft took off runway 32 from Conroe north regional airport (kcxo). After rotation pilot tried to retract the landing gear but the nose gear did not move, as seen from the mirror on the right hand engine. Aircraft displayed 2 green indicators for the mains and 1 red indicator for the nose. Emergency landing gear procedures were performed with no joy on the nose gear again. The tower was alerted to the situation and aircraft made soft landing onthe main landing gear but as weight on the nose landing gear occurred the nose of the aircraft dropped and the aircraft slid down the runway for a couple hundred feet.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF RUNWAY 32 FROM CONROE NORTH REGIONAL AIRPORT (KCXO). AFTER ROTATION PILOT TRIED TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR BUT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT MOVE, AS SEEN FROM THE MIRROR ON THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE. AIRCRAFT DISPLAYED 2 GREEN INDICATORS FOR THE MAINS AND 1 RED INDICATOR FOR THE NOSE. EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED WITH NO JOY ON THE NOSE GEAR AGAIN. THE TOWER WAS ALERTED TO THE SITUATION AND AIRCRAFT MADE SOFT LANDING ONTHE MAIN LANDING GEAR BUT AS WEIGHT ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR OCCURRED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY FOR A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET.