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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Plymouth, MA · February 22, 1988

Date: February 22, 1988 · 13:00 local
Place: Plymouth, MA
Airport: Plymouth Municipal
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N333BP
Reported as: Piper PA32300
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total200 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N333BPRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300S/N 32-7640124 · Built 1976 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Right hand strut and wheel assembly fell off on takeoff. Bolt for torque link lower attachment was missing.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT HAND STRUT AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY FELL OFF ON TAKEOFF. BOLT FOR TORQUE LINK LOWER ATTACHMENT WAS MISSING.