# Incident 19980129004959I: Piper PA28161, Wilkes Barre Sc, PA, January 29, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1998, 14:35 local time
- Place: Wilkes Barre Sc, PA
- Airport: Wilkes-Barre Scranton International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 41.3385° N, 75.7234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (AVP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3385&lon=-75.7234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8085A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8085A) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 500 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980129004959I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 1/29/98, INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT DEPARTED AVP FOR CROSS-COUNTRY PHASE CHECK. DURING THE FLIGHT, A DIVERSION WAS GIVEN BY INSTRUCTOR TO GO TO SPRING HILL AIRPORT. AFTER LOCATING SPRING HILL, A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE WAS EXECUTED AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND. PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, BOTH PILOTS FELT A THUMP UNDER THE A/C AND A "GO AROUND" WAS EXECUTED. A/C FLEW OK BUT PILOTS NOTICED RIGHT FLAP WAS DENTED AND NO HYD. BRAKE PRESSURE ON RIGHT GEAR. FLEW A/C TO AVP AND TOWER INDICATED RIGHT GEAR WAS MISSING. LANDED A/C ON RUNWAY 28 WITHOUT INJURIES OR A/C DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N8085A (1)

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

- [Incident 20020522018069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020522018069I), May 22, 2002: Piper PA28161 (N8085A), Wilkes Barre Sc, PA, Minor damage. (-23) During an attempted landing on runway 22 at kavp, the left main landing gear of the aircraft was sheared off. The instructor on board stated the student…

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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