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FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Middletown, PA · July 1, 2019

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Date
July 1, 2019 · 22:35 local
Place
Middletown, PA
Airport
Harrisburg
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N21803
Reported as
Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
N21803Registered now · Piper PA-28-181S/N 28-7990060 · Built 1978Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

01 July 2019, 2200 - pilot privacy data omitted landed aircraft at MDT and taxied to av flight to refuel. Upon exiting the aircraft, the marshaller, privacy data omitted presented him a band clamp he believed fell of the aircraft. The marshaller stated he found the part near the nose gear and the part was hot when he first tried to pick it up. The pilot then took photos of the part and contacted privacy data omitted from the maintenance department of the Washington international flight academy, who owns the aircraft. The pilot stated privacy data omitted told him there are many of these on the aircraft, not to worry and everything would be okay to go ahead and fly. The marshaller advised the pilot not to fly. The pilot stated it was okay. The pilot then entered the aircraft and taxied out. After take off the right main inner strut exited the outer strut and was contacting the flap until the brake line severed and the inner strut, brake, and wheel assy departed the aircraft. The pilot landed the aircraft on the left wheel and the right upper strut. Pilot privacy data omitted was the only person onboard and had no injury.

As the FAA filed it

01 JULY 2019, 2200 - PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED AIRCRAFT AT MDT AND TAXIED TO AV FLIGHT TO REFUEL. UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, THE MARSHALLER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PRESENTED HIM A BAND CLAMP HE BELIEVED FELL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE MARSHALLER STATED HE FOUND THE PART NEAR THE NOSE GEAR AND THE PART WAS HOT WHEN HE FIRST TRIED TO PICK IT UP. THE PILOT THEN TOOK PHOTOS OF THE PART AND CONTACTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FROM THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT OF THE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT ACADEMY, WHO OWNS THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOLD HIM THERE ARE MANY OF THESE ON THE AIRCRAFT, NOT TO WORRY AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE OKAY TO GO AHEAD AND FLY. THE MARSHALLER ADVISED THE PILOT NOT TO FLY. THE PILOT STATED IT WAS OKAY. THE PILOT THEN ENTERED THE AIRCRAFT AND TAXIED OUT. AFTER TAKE OFF THE RIGHT MAIN INNER STRUT EXITED THE OUTER STRUT AND WAS CONTACTING THE FLAP UNTIL THE BRAKE LINE SEVERED AND THE INNER STRUT, BRAKE, AND WHEEL ASSY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE LEFT WHEEL AND THE RIGHT UPPER STRUT. PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE ONLY PERSON ONBOARD AND HAD NO INJURY.