# Incident 20170823017319I: Piper PA-44-180, Clearwater, FL, August 23, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2017, 09:55 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: St Pete-Clearwater International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9086° N, 82.6865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST PETE-CLEARWATER INTL (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9086&lon=-82.6865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21228, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21228) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (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-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 193 total, 24 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170823017319I

## Narrative

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

AFTER A NORMAL LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AND WHILE TAXIING TO EXIT THE ACTIVE AT TAXIWAY A5 A CLICK WAS HEARD FROM THE LEFT MAIN GEAR SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SQUATTED LEFT WING DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED RESPONDING TO RUDDER INPUTS AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. ATCT WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO SHUT DOWN AND NOTIFIED EMERGENCY PERSONNEL. THE PILOT NOTIFIED MAINTENANCE AND THEY RESPONDED AND REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY AND RELOCATED IT TO TAMPA BAY AVIATION. AFTER RECEIVING APPROVAL FROM THE FAA IIC TAMPA BAY AVIATION BEGAN DISASSEMBLY, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. DURING DISASSEMBLY, REMOVAL OF THE ACCESS PANEL FOR THE REAR TRUNNION, THE LEFT HAND AFT BOLT AND RETAINER ASSEMBLY WERE FOUND LYING IN THE WING IN THE BAY ACCESSED BY THE REMOVED ACCESS PANEL. NEITHER THE BOLT NOR THE RETAINER SHOWED SIGNS OF DAMAGE. LAST MAJOR MAINTENANCE ON THE LANDING GEAR WAS PERFORMED ON 6/21/2017 BY ATP JACKSONVILLE AT AIRCRAFT TIME 9,218.2. THE RETAINER BOLT HAD BECOME LOOSE AND ALLOWED THE RETAINER TO WORK LOOSE AND OUT ALLOWING THE AFT TRUNNION ASSEMBLY TO MOVE UPWARD IN THE WHEEL WELL BECOMING LODGED BETWEEN THE TOP AND REAR STRUCTURE OF THE WHEEL WELL.

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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