# Incident 20110311005249I: Piper PA-28-180, Springfield, MO, March 11, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2011, 11:40 local time
- Place: Springfield, MO
- Airport: Springfield-Branson National
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2450° N, 93.3886° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Springfield Branson National Airport (SGF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2450&lon=-93.3886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4517T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4517T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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 PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 50 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110311005249I

## Narrative

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

THE TORQUE LINK ATTACH FITTINGS OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR UPPER STRUT (IDENTIFIED BY PIPER IN THE IPC AS A CYLINDER) BROKE. THIS ALLOWED THE LOWER STRUT AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO DEPART WHEN AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY. APPRISED OF THE SITUATION BY RADIO, THE STUDENT PILOT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO THE SPRINGFIELD-BRANSON NATIONAL AIRPORT (SGF), SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, AND LANDED.  THERE WAS MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE DUE TO THE MISSING WHEEL AND STRUT.

## Other reports on N4517T (2)

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

- [Incident 20111018024799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111018024799I), Oct 18, 2011: Piper PA-28-180 (N4517T), Harrison, AR, Minor damage. On October 18, 2011 at approximately 1830 local, Piper PA-28-180, N4517T, serial # 28-7205177 was decending to boone county airport (hro) in Harrison, AR when…
- [Incident 19960209004139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960209004139I), Feb 9, 1996: Piper PA28180 (N4517T), Kansas City, MO, Minor damage. Narrative: two kc FSDO inspectors were on the executive Beech FBO ramp inspecting an airplane when N4517T was observed taxiing into the ramp with its left main…

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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