# Incident 19960717034249I: Piper PA28161, Pottstown, PA, July 17, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1996, 17:38 local time
- Place: Pottstown, PA
- Airport: Pottstown Limerick Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2509° N, 75.6448° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pottstown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2509&lon=-75.6448&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8248Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8248Z-2018-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 685 total, 300 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960717034249I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT LANDED AT PTW, TAXIED BACK AND PROCEEDED TO TAKE-OFF AGAIN. ON THE DOWN WIND LEG, THE PILOT HEARD A NOISE UNDER THE AIRCRAFT AND REQUESTED THAT SOMEONE ON THE GROUND CHECK THE AIRCRAFT AS HE FLEW BY. THEY SAID THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS HANGING DOWN FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT FLEW TO NEW CASTLE COUNTY AIRPORT, (ILG) AND LANDED WITH VERY LITTLE DAMAGE. THE MECHANIC WHO CHECKED THE AIRCRAFT FELT THAT THE PIECE THAT BROKE WAS WEAKEND BY REPEATED HARD LANDINGS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. (THIS AIRCRAFT IS USED FOR FLIGHT INSTRUCTION). THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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