# Incident 20100814042259I: Piper PA-28-161, Lancaster, CA, August 14, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2010, 10:25 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Airport: Fox Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6980° N, 118.1367° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6980&lon=-118.1367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39913, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39913-2012-06-06) (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 PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 1,450 in this make and model, 380 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100814042259I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 24. ON TOUCHDOWN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR STRUT HOUSING BROKE CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO VEER TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. UPON INSPECTION, THE RIGHT MAIN UPPER GEAR ASSEMBLY FAILED AT THE UPPER SISSOR ATTACH POINT LUGS. A DYE PENETRANT INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON THE UPPER LEFT ATTACH LUGS. CRACKS WERE FOUND FOLLOWING THE SAME PATH OF FAILURE AS NOTED ON THE RIGHT SIDE LUGS. ANOTHER AIRCRAFT OF THE SAME TYPE WAS EXAMINED, AND THE UPPER ATTACH LUGS SHOWED THE SAME CRACKS. THE OPERATOR IS FILING A MALFUNCTION DEFECT REPORT.

## Other reports on N39913 (1)

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

- [Incident 20000905027659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000905027659I), Sep 5, 2000: Piper PA28161 (N39913), Lancaster, CA, Minor damage. Student applied control input during short field landing - instructor was only able to salvage landing enough so that aircraft was not substantially damaged.

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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