# Incident 19980608012579I: Piper PA28140, Milton, FL, June 8, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1998, 09:15 local time
- Place: Milton, FL
- Airport: Milton T Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6296° N, 87.0514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milton, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6296&lon=-87.0514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1364T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1364T-2021-07-17) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 800 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980608012579I

## Narrative

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

DURING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION ON JUNE 8, 1998 THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED AT ABOUT 300 FEET AFTER THE THIRD TAKE OFF AND LANDING IT FELT LIKE A LOAD SHIFTED IN THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS FOLLOWED BY A VERY LOUD THUMB WHICH SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE AIRCRAFT. HE TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ANNOUNCED HE HAD AN EMERGENCY. THE THUMPING CONTINUED EVERY FEW SECONDS. HE WAS HEADED DOWN WIND AND NOTICED THE RIGHT WHEEL AND OLEO STRUT WAS AGAINST THE FLAP AND WAS TRAILING BEHIND THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING. HE ALSO STATED THERE WERE NO LANDINGS NOR ANY SIDE LOADS PUT ON THE GEAR DURING ANY OF THE LANDINGS. HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE GRASS AT THE PETER PRINCE AIRPORT IN MILTON, FL.

## Other reports on N1364T (2)

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

- [Incident 20060805016589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060805016589I), Aug 5, 2006: Piper PA28140 (N1364T), Milton, FL, Minor damage. (-23) During landing student pilot failed to maintain control. The aircraft veered off the runway which resulted in a prop strike and minor damage to the nose…
- [Incident 20050521008369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050521008369I), May 21, 2005: Piper PA28140 (N1364T), Milton, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated he landed in monroeville al and then upon take off he heard a loud bang but everything seemed ok, he departed for Milton, FL then upon…

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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