# Incident 19840110010699I: Piper PA28161, Plainfield, IL, January 10, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1984, 09:30 local time
- Place: Plainfield, IL
- Airport: Clow
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6294° N, 88.2456° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6294&lon=-88.2456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8258N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8258N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (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 PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 87 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840110010699I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT LANDING GEAR CYLINDER FAILED ON THE LANDING ROLL CAUSING THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

## Other reports on N8258N (1)

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

- [Incident 19851029065459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851029065459I), Oct 29, 1985: Piper PA28161 (N8258N), Chicago, IL. Solo student failed to follow ATC instructions for taxi. Instructed to make 180 but taxied onto active runway.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.