# Incident 19970410014849I: Piper PA28140, Birchwood, AK, April 10, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1997, 11:30 local time
- Place: Birchwood, AK
- Airport: Birchwood
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4161° N, 149.5083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIRCHWOOD (BCV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4161&lon=-149.5083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5238T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5238T-2018-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,267 total, 250 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970410014849I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 10, 1997, A PIPER PA-28-140, N5238T, OWNED AND OPERATED BY MR. THOMAS W. WRIGHT, COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE #419988734 AT APPROXIMATELY 1245 HOURS LOCAL TIME. MR. WRIGHT STATED THAT HE WAS CONDUCTING APPROACHES AT BIRCHWOOD AIRFIELD, WHEN ON HIS THIRD APPROACH FOR LANDING TO RUNWAY 19 THE AIRCRAFT YAWED RIGHT, MAKING CONTACT WITH RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CAUSING TORQUE LINK CENTER BOLT ASSEMBLY TO SEPARATE WHICH KEEPS THE STRUT ASSEMBLY TOGETHER. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED THEREBY CAUSING THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO SEPARATE FROM THE HOUSING. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR HOUSING AND RIGHT DROOP WING TIP WITH THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY UNDER THE RIGHT FLAP CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N5238T (1)

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

- [Incident 19810129014649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810129014649I), Jan 29, 1981: Piper PA28140 (N5238T), Ellensburg, WA. Engine quit during flight. Emergency landing. Pilot did not use carburetor heat.

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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