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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · San Carlos, CA · June 20, 2003

Date: June 20, 2003 · 20:30 local
Place: San Carlos, CA
Airport: San Carlos Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8209E
Reported as: Piper PA28161
Pilot’s flight hours: 780 total42 in this make and model148 in the last 90 days

N8209ERegistered now · Piper PA-28-161S/N 28-8316027 · Built 1983 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Right main landing gear failed on landing and the strut protruded through the upper wing skin. Gear bolt attachment failure was determined to be the cause. Investigation revealed that three of the four lower gear attachment bolts were loose and had elongated the attachment point through holes in both the lower strut attachment point and wing spar attachment points.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED ON LANDING AND THE STRUT PROTRUDED THROUGH THE UPPER WING SKIN. GEAR BOLT ATTACHMENT FAILURE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CAUSE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THREE OF THE FOUR LOWER GEAR ATTACHMENT BOLTS WERE LOOSE AND HAD ELONGATED THE ATTACHMENT POINT THROUGH HOLES IN BOTH THE LOWER STRUT ATTACHMENT POINT AND WING SPAR ATTACHMENT POINTS.

Other reports on N8209E · 1

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

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