# Incident 20010829021899I: Piper PA28140, Allentown, PA, August 29, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2001, 22:05 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Lehigh Valley International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6524° N, 75.4404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEHIGH VALLEY INTL (ABE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6524&lon=-75.4404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55165, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55165-2009-12-09) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010829021899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ROLLING OUT AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT NOTICED IT TOOK MORE RUDDER TO CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. AT THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAYS 6 AND 31 AT LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ABE), ALLENTOWN, PA, THE PROPELLER SUDDENLY HIT THE GROUND. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE BOLT HOLDING THE NOSE WHEEL AXLE ASSEMBLY WAS MISSING, ALLOWING THE AXLE TO SLIDE OUT ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE NOSE WHEEL TO COCK TO THE LEFT SIDE, ALLOWING THE PROPELLER TO HIT THE GROUND. DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND THER WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 141.

## Other reports on N55165 (2)

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

- [Accident 20050513018919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050513018919A), May 13, 2005: Piper PA28140 (N55165), Dover, DE, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 13, 2005, about 2200 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28-140 airplane, N55165, was substantially damaged during takeoff. The aircraft lost power…
- [Incident 20000722035869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000722035869I), Jul 22, 2000: Piper PA28140 (N55165), Wilkes Barre Sc, PA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot departed lehigh valley int'l (abe) airport on VFR flight to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton int'l (avp) airport on Saturday, July 7, 2000, at 6:00 p.m. the…

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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