# Incident 20190814014169I: Piper PA-28-181, Kapolei, HI, August 14, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2019, 14:55 local time
- Place: Kapolei, HI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.3399° N, 158.0678° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kapolei, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3399&lon=-158.0678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4338V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4338V) (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: 19,000 total, 16,000 in this make and model, 312 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190814014169I

## Narrative

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

KAPOLEI, HI (JRF): N4338V, PA28, HARD LNDG LEFT GEAR TIRE SEPARATED FROM ACFT POB: 2, INJURIES: NONE, DAMAGE: MINOR. 08/15/2019 0055Z

UPON INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT AT INCIDENT SITE, DETERMINED THAT THE UPPER STRUT SCISSOR LINK ATTACH POINT TABS SEPARATED FROM THE STRUT WHICH RESULTED IN THE LOWER STRUT FALLING OUT AND BEING SUSPENDED BELOW THE AIRCRAFT BY THE BRAKE LINE UNTIL THE LINE WAS CUT/SEVERED BY THE WING PANEL. AIRCRAFT THEN LANDED ON THE UPPER STRUT WHICH WAS GROUND DOWN BY FRICTION ON THE RUNWAY.

DAMAGE WAS ISOLATED TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT AND THE LEFT FLAP.

## Other reports on N4338V (1)

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

- [Accident 20140507006219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140507006219A), May 7, 2014: Piper PA-28-181 (N4338V), Kualapuu, HI, Substantial damage. Student pilot on a solo cross country flight, executed one touch and go at mkk airport and went around the pattern to land. On the second attempt to land, the…

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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