# Incident 19990618014979I: Piper PA28161, San Carlos, CA, June 18, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1999, 09:12 local time
- Place: San Carlos, CA
- Airport: San Carlos Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5119° N, 122.2495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN CARLOS (SQL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5119&lon=-122.2495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3166B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 300 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990618014979I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO'S, ON TAKE OFF, THE SCISSORS ATTACH POINT BROKE OFF THE LANDING GEAR AND THE STRUT SLID OUT AND WAS HANGING BY THE BRAKE LINE. WHILE LANDING THE BRAKE LINE BROKE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY STRUCK THE TAIL SECTION CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

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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