# Incident 19851231077149I: Piper PA28140, Farmingdale, NY, December 31, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1985, 11:00 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N557FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N557FL-1998-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851231077149I

## Narrative

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

LEFT UPPER COWLING CAME LOOSE ON THE CLIMBOUT. LANDED SAFELY. NOT FASTENED PROPERLY PRIOR TO TAKEOFF.

## Other reports on N557FL (3)

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

- [Accident 19970831024839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970831024839A), Aug 31, 1997: Piper PA28140 (N557FL), Gardiner Arpt, NY, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed into trees while trying to abort a landing attempt.
- [Incident 19911130061929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911130061929I), Nov 30, 1991: Piper PA28140 (N557FL), Valley Cottage, NY. Aircraft reported to be flying low over residence. Pilot admitted he was over area at 400 to 500 feet.
- [Accident 19831121067399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831121067399A), Nov 21, 1983: Piper PA28140 (N557FL), Farmingdale, NY, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing in a gusty surface wind. Side load on nose wheel caused it to collapse.

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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