# Incident 20030825032159I: Piper PA28161, Niagara Falls, NY, August 25, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2003, 13:05 local time
- Place: Niagara Falls, NY
- Airport: Niagara Falls International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BIOS
- Location: 43.1084° N, 78.9462° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NIAGARA FALLS INTL (IAG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1084&lon=-78.9462&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8334Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8334Y) (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: 750 total, 400 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030825032159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 8/25/03 AT APPROX. 1310 EDT, A PIPER PA-28-161, N8334Y, BEING OPERATED BY PRIOR AVIATION CONDUCTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING WHEN THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT THE NIAGARA FALLS AIRPORT AND SUSTAIN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FLAP AND LANDING GEAR STRUT. THE FLIGHT, BEING OPERATED UNDER FAR 141, HAD ORIGINATED AT BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT APPROX. 1330 EDT AND AT TIME OF THE INCIDENT, FLIGHT INSTRUCTION WAS BEING GIVEN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND NEITHER OF THE TWO OCCUPANTS (A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT) WERE INJURED. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N8334Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19820505022719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820505022719I), May 5, 1982: Piper PA28161 (N8334Y), Wellsville, NY, Minor damage. Student made hard landing, bounced, made go around, then normal landing. Impact had damaged prop and nose gear.

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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