# Incident 19871107073809I: Piper PA32300, Kwigillingok, AK, November 7, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1987, 17:30 local time
- Place: Kwigillingok, AK
- Airport: Kwigillingok
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 59.8757° N, 163.1681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KWIGILLINGOK (GGV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.8757&lon=-163.1681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32850 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 286 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871107073809I

## Narrative

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

YAW AFTER TAKEOFF DUE TO RIGHT GEAR LOWER STRUT SEPARATION. FOUND TORQUE LINK GREASER BOLT P/N 7954302 SHEARED.

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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