# Incident 20030525009799I: Piper PA28161, Naples, FL, May 25, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2003, 23:40 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: XO4S
- Location: 26.1524° N, 81.7756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPLES MUNI (APF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1524&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N971AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N971AC) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 30 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030525009799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT, ON MAY 25, 2003, WHEN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL AND SHOCK STRUT PISTON ASSEMBLY DEPARTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT APPROXIMATELY 2040, EST, FROM THE NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (APF) AND PROCEEDED TO MARCO ISLAND AIRPORT (MYK), FOR MULTIPLE TOUCH AND GOES. AFTER 4 OR 5 OF THE TOUCH AND GO'S THEY RETURNED TO THE NAPLES AIRPORT TO COMPLETE MORE TOUCH AND GO'S PRIOR TO ENDING THE FLIGHT. AT ROTATION, DURING THE THIRD TOUCH AND GO, THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED WHAT HE FELT WAS, "A SHIMMY FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE." THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL AND REQUESTED CLEARANCE FOR A FULL STOP LANDING. WHILE ON DOWNWIND HE HEARD KNOCKING NOISES AND THOUGHT THEY WERE FROM AN OPEN BAGGAGE DOOR OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. DURING THE LANDING, AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED, THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 5. EMERGENCY VEHICLES RESPONDED. NO INJURIES TO PARTIES INVOLVED. AFTER LANDING INSPECTION REVEALED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY, THE UPPER AND LOWER TORQUE LINKS, THE BRAKE LINE AND SHOCK STRUT PISTON ASSEMBLY WERE MISSING.

## Other reports on N971AC (1)

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

- [Incident 20190318001629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190318001629I), Mar 18, 2019: Piper PA-28-161 (N971AC), Naples, FL, Minor damage. Airman landed runway 05 at kopf. Slowed down prior to A3 taxiway. Realized she needed power to continue taxi. She put in too much power and the aircraft exited…

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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