# Incident 20041107031709I: Piper PA28180, Chicago/West Ch, IL, November 7, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2004, 16:45 local time
- Place: Chicago/West Ch, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4830L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4830L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041107031709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FINAL LANDING AFTER SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, STUDENT PILOT AND CFI THOUGHT THAT THEY BLEW THE LEFT TIRE BECAUSE THE RIGHT WING CAME UP. AFTER FULL STOP IT WAS NOTED THAT THE UPPER TORQUE LINK ATTACH LUGS OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CYLINDER HAD BOTH BROKEN OFF DISCONNECTING THE TORQUE LINK ASSEMBLY ALLOWING THE STRUT TO FULLY OPEN AND MISALIGNED THE WHEEL. OTHER THAN THE CYLINDER ASSEMBLY, NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS INCURRED. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR CYLINDER WAS DYE PENETRATED AND BOTH ATTACH LUGS HAD CRACKS PRESENT. VISUALLY LOOKING AT WHERE THE BREAK OCCURRED, IT WAS APPARENT THAT THE CRACKS HAD BEEN THERE FOR SOME TIME AND THAT INNER-GRANNULAR CORROSION HAD OCCURRED. BOTH CYLINDERS WILL BE REPLACED. PIPER SERVICE BULLETIN NO. 1131 DATED AUGUST 2003, ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM, WAS NOT COMPLIED WITH.

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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