# Incident 20060925022109I: Piper PA28161, San Diego, CA, September 25, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2006, 21:34 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: AEXS
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5513V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5513V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 700 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060925022109I

## 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. 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.

## Other reports on N5513V (1)

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

- [Incident 19791013052639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791013052639I), Oct 13, 1979: Piper PA28161 (N5513V), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. Pilot landed long and fast, unable to stop on remaining runway.

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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