# Incident 19961112039899I: Socata TB9, Allentown, PA, November 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1996, 12:54 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5936° N, 75.4784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Allentown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5936&lon=-75.4784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3040X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3040X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TAMPICO TB 9C (registry code 8680693, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tampico-tb-9c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB9
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 955 total, 125 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961112039899I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON NOVEMBER 12, 1996, AIRCRAFT 3040X, FLOWN BY A STUDENT PILOT, WITH THE INSTRUCTOR IN THE RIGHT SEAT LANDED AT ABE AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 31. THERE WAS A SLIGHT CROSSWIND DURING THE APPROACH AND THE STUDENT FLAIRED A LITTLE EARLY WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BALLOON ON THE RUNWAY. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE MAIN GEAR WITH AN APPARENT HIGH SINK RATE. UPON TOUCH-DOWN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR LOWER SCISSORS BROKE AT THE ATTACHMENT BOLT. THE MAIN WHEEL THEN TURNED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP. UPON INSPECTION OF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR SCISSORS THE LOWER LINK HAD EVIDENCE OF BEING CRACKED FOR SOMETIME ON THE OUTBOARD SIDE. THE BOLTS THAT ATTACH BOTH UPPER AND LOWER SCISSORS WERE EXTREMELY HARD TO MOVE DUE TO LACK OF GREASE AND CORROSION. M OR D WILL BE FILED BY THE PILOT. NO FIRE OR INJURIES, 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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