# Incident 20070520016069I: Piper PA28161, Danbury, CT, May 20, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2007, 10:08 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3715° N, 73.4822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANBURY MUNI (DXR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3715&lon=-73.4822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2149F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2149F-2018-03-13) (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: 1,350 total, 475 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070520016069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TOUCH AND GOS ON RUNWAY 26 AT DANBURY AIRPORT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR CYLINDER TABS (2) THAT THE UPPER LINK ASSEMBLY TORQUE ATTACHES TO BROKE. CONSEQUENTLY DURING THE CLIMB THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR OLEO PISTON ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR CYCLINDER ASSEMBLY. DURING THE REMAINING PART OF THE FLIGHT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR PISTON REMAINED ATTACHED ONLY BY THE BRAKE HOSE. ONE TAB APPEARED THAT IT HAD BEEN BROKEN BEFORE THE FLIGHT. THE BROKEN AREA WAS COVERED WITH OIL/GREASE. ONE SMALL AREA OF THE OTHER BROKEN TAB WAS COVERED WITH OIL/GREASE AND PART OF THE BREAK APPEARED TO BE FRESH. THE TABS ARE COVERED BY A FAIRING AND ARE NOT VISIBLE WITH THE FAIRING INSTALLED.

## Other reports on N2149F (1)

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

- [Accident 20140810015719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140810015719A), Aug 10, 2014: Piper PA-28-161 (N2149F), Block Island, MA, Substantial damage. The pilot of N2149F was attempting to land at Block Island Airport, RI. Pilot landed long. When the pilot realized that he was unable to stop the aircraft he…

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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