# Incident 19790406013169I: Piper PA28R200, Clearwater, FL, April 6, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1979, 19:05 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9794° N, 82.7713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clearwater, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9794&lon=-82.7713&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55906, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55906) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,113 total, 600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790406013169I

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY GETTING SAFE INDICATION FROM RIGHT MAIN. COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING. LEAKING CYLINDER.

## Other reports on N55906 (1)

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

- [Incident 20031101031629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031101031629I), Nov 1, 2003: Piper PA28R200 (N55906), St Petersburg, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On November 1, 2003, at 10:08 EDT, a Piper PA-28R, N55906, registered to bay air flying service., landed at Albert Whitted Airport (spg) and the nose…

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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