# Incident 20190701016149I: Piper PA-28-181, Middletown, PA, July 1, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2019, 22:35 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1932° N, 76.7626° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRISBURG INTL (MDT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1932&lon=-76.7626&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21803, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21803) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190701016149I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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