# Incident 19870311027819I: Piper PA28161, Melbourne, FL, March 11, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1987, 12:40 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N143FT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N143FT-1990-12-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 450 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870311027819I

## Narrative

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

ON ROLLOUT THE RIGHT MAIN TORQUE LINK BROKE AND AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO FLAP.  CORROSION A FACTOR.

## Other reports on N143FT (2)

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

- [Accident 19901015046329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901015046329A), Oct 15, 1990: Piper PA28161 (N143FT), Everglades, FL, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Lost horizon reference on night takeoff over water. Impacted water. Cartwheeled.
- [Incident 19870826076169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870826076169I), Aug 26, 1987: Piper PA28161 (N143FT), Fort Myers, FL. Power loss and forced landing due to a piece of felt from carburetor gasket came loose and clogged a carburetor jet

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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