# Incident 20110917026319I: Piper PA-28RT-201, Willimantic, CT, September 17, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2011, 20:40 local time
- Place: Willimantic, CT
- Airport: Windham
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7440° N, 72.1802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINDHAM (IJD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7440&lon=-72.1802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82821, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,848 total, 1,890 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110917026319I

## Narrative

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

ON 17 SEP 2011, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (PIC) WAS OPERATING N82821. UPON LANDING HIS AIRCRAFT AT WINDHAM AIRPORT, CT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PROCEEDED TO TAXI HIS AIRCRAFT WHEN HE NOTICED THE LEFT WING DIP. HE DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND INSPECTED SAME, THINKING A BLOWN STRUT, WHEN IN FACT THE LANDING GEAR WAS COLLAPSED. HE THEN WITH ASSISTANCE FROM A MAINTENANCE MAN REPOSITIONED THE GEAR AND FINISHED TAXIING TO HIS "T" HANGAR. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF WINDHAM AIRCRAFT REPAIR HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE BOLT ATTACHING THE LANDING GEAR REAR TRUNNION TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS BROKEN AND APPEARED TO SHOW SIGNS OF CORROSION PRESENT.

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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