# Incident 20081031857399I: Piper PA44180, Orlando, FL, October 31, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2008, 16:00 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N856AV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N856AV-2012-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,260 total, 250 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081031857399I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AIRCRAFT PERFORMED THREE LANDINGS AND TAXIED BACK FROM RUNWAY 9L AT B3, ENTERED THE AVION RAMP, WENT OVER SMALL BUMP AND THE PILOT STATED THAT GEAR FELT AS IF THE STRUT HAD COMPRESSED APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH, CONTINUED TO TAXI AND PARKED AIRCRAFT.  EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTED THAT THE GEAR HAD FAILED AND WAS FOLDED BACKWARD.  THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR RETAINER ASSEMBLY BACKED OUT OF THE TRUNNION, THE BOLT WAS NOT INSTALLED THRU THE GEAR RETAINER ASSEMBLY TO BARREL NUT ON THE TRUNNION.  THE MISSING BOLT CAUSED THE RETAINER ASSEMBLY TO BACK OUT AND LANDING GEAR TO DISLODGE FROM THE FITTING ASSEMBLY.

## Other reports on N856AV (1)

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

- [Incident 20100710037879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100710037879I), Jul 10, 2010: Piper PA-44-180 (N856AV), Van Nuys, CA, Minor damage. Right engine failed on take off from rwy 16R at vny. Aircraft could not maintain altitude or airspeed. Pilot made a gear up landing off the end of rwy 16R. Two…

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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