# Incident 20061209025829I: Piper J4A, Lancaster, TX, December 9, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2006
- Place: Lancaster, TX
- Airport: Lancaster Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5776° N, 96.7175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER RGNL (LNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5776&lon=-96.7175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31194, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31194) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J4A (registry code 7100604, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,920 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061209025829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) REPORTED INCIDENT LANCASTER TEXAS. INVESTIGATION OF INCIDENT: RH MAIN LANDING GEAR DISCONNECTED FROM AIRFRAME DURING TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 13 LNC AIRPORT. LANDING ATTEMPTED IN THE GRASS BETWEEN RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST LEANING ON RH WING TIP AND SLIGHTLY NOSED OVER. 12/11/06: INSPECTION REVEALED AN OLIO TYPE STRUT/SPRING GEAR INSTALLED ON THE ACFT. IT APPEARS THAT THE STOPPER IN THE LOWER STRUT FAILED ALLOWING THE SPRING TO GO BEYOND MAX TRAVEL.

## Other reports on N31194 (1)

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

- [Incident 19861220081049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861220081049I), Dec 20, 1986: Piper J4A (N31194), Tomball, TX, Minor damage. Right main gear fell off in the pattern. Found the oleo assembly had failed.

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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