# Incident 20130724014649I: Piper PA-28-181, Waterloo, IA, July 24, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2013, 19:25 local time
- Place: Waterloo, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4928° N, 92.3430° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waterloo, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4928&lon=-92.3430&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82048, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82048) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130724014649I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN DEPARTED RUNWAY 36 AT WATERLOO AIRPORT (ALO) WITH A PRE-SOLO STUDENT TO CONDUCT A FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TRAINING SESSION.  AT APPROXIMATELY 200 TO 300 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE HEARD MULTIPLE ?CLUNKS? AND NOTED THE AIRPLANE SEEMED TO NOT BE HANDLING IN A NORMAL FASHION.  HE CIRCLED IMMEDIATELY TO RUNWAY 12 AND SET UP FOR A LANDING.  THE AIRMAN ASKED THE TOWER TO VISUALLY SCAN THE AIRCRAFT AND DETERMINE IF ANY ABNORMALITY COULD BE SEEN.  THE AIRMAN STATED THAT THE CONTROLLER ADVISED HIM THAT THE RIGHT WHEEL WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRMAN ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE LANDING.  THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE HELD THE RIGHT WING OFF THE GROUND AS LONG AS HE COULD AND THEN LOWERED THE DAMAGED RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OUT AND DID NOT DEPART THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRMAN SHUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH HIS STUDENT WITHOUT INCIDENT.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  OTHER THAN THE DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR SOME MINOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE RIGHT WING FLAP WHICH WAS STRUCK BY THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY THAT WAS HANGING BY THE BRAKE HOSE.

## Other reports on N82048 (1)

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

- [Accident 19850127001739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850127001739A), Jan 27, 1985: Piper PA28181 (N82048), League City, TX, Substantial damage. Landed short of runway while practicing forced landings at night. Unauthorized use of the aircraft. Gear torn off.

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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