# Incident 19791221048759I: Piper PA28140, Cleveland, OH, December 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1979, 10:30 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Hopkins
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4995° N, 81.6954° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cleveland, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4995&lon=-81.6954&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43218, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43218) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,924 total, 260 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/19791221048759I

## Narrative

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

MAIN GEAR SEPARATED ON ROLL OUT, TORQUE LINK BOLT WAS MISSING.

## Other reports on N43218 (2)

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

- [Incident 19830926066629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830926066629I), Sep 26, 1983: Piper PA28140 (N43218), Cleveland, OH, Minor damage. Student on first solo landed nose gear first and porpoised until the nose gear collapsed.
- [Accident 19790612016919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790612016919A), Jun 12, 1979: Piper PA28140 (N43218), Erie, PA, Substantial damage. Student pilot allowed aircraft to collide with approach lights during landing on a solo crosscountry flight.

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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