# Incident 19981027045209I: Piper PA22108, Frankfort, IN, October 27, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1998, 16:10 local time
- Place: Frankfort, IN
- Airport: Frankfort Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2796° N, 86.5379° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Frankfort, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2796&lon=-86.5379&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4845Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4845Z-2014-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- Reported engine: LYC O235C1B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981027045209I

## Narrative

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

(-5) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22 AND ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED, WITH THE LEFT WING DROPPING FIRST, AS A TRACTOR TRAILER PASSED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT ON STATE HIGHWAY 28. THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22 IS NEXT TO A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND THE RUNWAY DOES HAVE A DISPLACED THRESHOLD. THE HIGHWAY WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND TRAFFIC WAS BEING ROUTED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD WAY (NEAREST THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 22). THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE TOP OF THE TRACTOR TRAILER AND THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 22. HE WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT UP RIGHT ON THE TWO REMAINING WHEELS AND MOVED THE AIRCRAFT ON TO THE GRASS AREA NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. ONCE ON THE GRASS AREA, THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LOWER THE LEFT WING AND BRING THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP. THIS ACTION MINIMIZED THE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, SINCE THE LEFT LANDING GEAR WAS REMOVED BY THE COLLISION. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS CLEAR OF CLOUDS, THE VISIBILITY GREATER THAN FIVE MILES, AND THE WIND WAS FROM 220 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS WITH AN OCCASSIONAL GUST OF 20 KNOTS.

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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