# Incident 20070122001729I: Piper PA28161, Melbourne, FL, January 22, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2007, 12:20 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N605FT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N605FT) (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: 2,650 total, 2,300 in this make and model, 93 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070122001729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) BOTH PILOTS STATED THAT AFTER COMPLETING 4 OR 5 TOUCH AND GOES, THEY NOTICED A VIBRATION COMING FROM THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THEY STATED THAT IT FELT LIKE THEY HAD A FLAT TIRE. THEY FURTHER STATED THAT THEY THEN TAXIED TO THE RAMP, STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT, GOT OUT AND LOOKED AT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. SEEING NOTHING OBVIOUS, THEY RESUMED THEIR TRAINING SESSION. ON THE NEXT LANDING THEY IMMEDIATELY FELT THE VIBRATION AGAIN FOLLOWED BY THE AIRCRAFT MAKING AN UNCOMMANDED SHARP RIGHT TURN OFF THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAILED UPON REACHING THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT ASSEMBLY AND THE RIGHT FLAP.

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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