# Incident 20020522018069I: Piper PA28161, Wilkes Barre Sc, PA, May 22, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2002, 17:34 local time
- Place: Wilkes Barre Sc, PA
- Airport: Wilkes-Barre Scranton International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3385° N, 75.7234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (AVP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3385&lon=-75.7234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8085A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8085A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 800 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020522018069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING ON RUNWAY 22 AT KAVP, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHEARED OFF. THE INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD STATED THE STUDENT WAS AT THE CONTROLS WHEN HE FLARED TOO SOON. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE CONTROLS AND ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER IN AN EFFORT TO SOFTEN THE TOUCHDOWN. AFTER "BALLOONING", THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN A MANNER THAT WAS NOT UNUSUALLY HARD. A WITNESS STATED THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE HIGH AND FAST. THE WEATHER WAS VMC, WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE AND THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.

## Other reports on N8085A (1)

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

- [Incident 19980129004959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980129004959I), Jan 29, 1998: Piper PA28161 (N8085A), Wilkes Barre Sc, PA, Minor damage. Narrative: on 1/29/98, instructor and student departed avp for cross-country phase check. During the flight, a diversion was given by instructor to go to…

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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