# Incident 20060819021709I: Piper PA28161, El Cajon, CA, August 19, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2006, 12:09 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2575U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2575U) (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 O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 449 total, 12 in this make and model, 151 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060819021709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION OPERATIONS, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBJECTED TO A HARD CROSSWIND LANDING WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GOS. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FLIGHT, THE LEFT LANDING GEAR WHEEL AND LOWER STRUT ASSEMBLY CAME OUT OF THE STRUT CYLINDER AND WAS LEFT HANGING BY THE BRAKE HOSE. AS THE STUB AXLE AND OLEO PISTON ASSEMBLY DANGLED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT, IT ROTATED UNTIL THE BRAKE HOSE SPUN OFF OF THE FITTING IT WAS ATTACHED TO. AT THAT POINT, THE LOWER LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY FELL TO THE EARTH, LANDING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE OLEO TORQUE LINK ATTACH LUGS CAST INTO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG CASTINGS (CYLINDER) HAD BROKEN OFF COMPLETELY, ALLOWING THE STRUT OLEO TO EXTEND COMPLETELY OUT OF THE STRUT CYLINDER.

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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