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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Northampton, MA · August 7, 1982

Date: August 7, 1982 · 16:00 local
Place: Northampton, MA
Airport: La Fleur
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6325J
Reported as: Piper PA28180
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A4A
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 300 total200 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N6325JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-4733 · Built 1968 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Pilot landed with partly open door. Brakes failed from corrosion. Loss of fluid from excess piston travel.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED WITH PARTLY OPEN DOOR. BRAKES FAILED FROM CORROSION. LOSS OF FLUID FROM EXCESS PISTON TRAVEL.