# Incident 19981217042279I: Piper PA32300, Rochester, MN, December 17, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1998, 09:00 local time
- Place: Rochester, MN
- Airport: Rochester Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9083° N, 92.5000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROCHESTER INTL (RST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9083&lon=-92.5000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32037, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32037) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,970 total, 900 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981217042279I

## Narrative

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

(-5) RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR LOWER STRUT AND WHEEL CAME OFF OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING TAKE-OFF. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT ROCHESTER MN. (WITHOUT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR), NO INJURIES, MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. DUE TO INABILITY TO RECOVER/IDENTIFY MISSING PARTS, EXACT CAUSE NOT DETERMINED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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