# Incident 20140812014259I: Piper PA-28-180, Benton, AR, August 12, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2014, 17:30 local time
- Place: Benton, AR
- Airport: Saline County Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5904° N, 92.4794° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALINE COUNTY RGNL (SUZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5904&lon=-92.4794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5103S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5103S-2023-10-16) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,056 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140812014259I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 12, 2014, AT 1630 CDT, A PIPER PA-28-180, N5103S, REGISTERED

TO HARRY BARRETT, LANDED AT SALINE COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT, BENTON, ARKANSAS. DURING THE LANDING, WHICH WAS EXECUTED BY THE STUDENT PILOT, THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL/STRUT PISTON ASSEMBLY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THIS PORTION OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER VMC CONDITIONS AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT, INSTRUCTOR AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS ON AUGUST 12, 2014.

## Other reports on N5103S (1)

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

- [Incident 19780723038929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780723038929I), Jul 23, 1978: Piper PA28180 (N5103S), Ottawa, KS, Minor damage. Pilot aborted takeoff at 75 percent of runway length. Unable to stop. Went through a fence.

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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