# Incident 20070207000759I: Piper PA28140, Brownfield, TX, February 7, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2007, 16:00 local time
- Place: Brownfield, TX
- Airport: Brownfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1755° N, 102.2734° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brownfield, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1755&lon=-102.2734&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5723F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5723F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 33,000 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070207000759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE PERFORMING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT BROWNFIELD MUNICIPAL (BFG) ON RUNWAY 31, THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAILED AT THE SHOCK-STRUT AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED BRIEFLY ON THE TRUNNION STUB. NO OTHER DAMAGE OT THE AIRCRAFT. THE STRUT APPEARS TO HAVE FAILED FROM INTERNAL FATIGUE.

## Other reports on N5723F (1)

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

- [Incident 19890610037859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890610037859I), Jun 10, 1989: Piper PA28140 (N5723F), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Aircraft failed to climb when student tried to go around. Landed on runway and veered off into taxi light.

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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