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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-235 · Grand Island, NE · April 1, 2020

Date: April 1, 2020 · 16:45 local
Place: Grand Island, NE
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N15537
Reported as: Piper PA-28-235
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 152 total

N15537Registered now · Piper PA-28-235S/N 28-7310053 · Built 1972 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

The aircraft landed normally on runway 17 at the central Nebraska regional airport at Grand Island, NE. After landing, as the pilot began to apply the brakes near taxiway c exit the right main landing gear lower barrel assembly separated from the upper cylinder. The aircraft slid on the right main gear upper cylinder for 56 ft and came to a rest on the right edge of runway 17. One of the maintenance technicians that removed the aircraft from the runway found the broken bolt lying on the runway surface approximately 100 yards north of where the aircraft came to a rest.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMALLY ON RUNWAY 17 AT THE CENTRAL NEBRASKA REGIONAL AIRPORT AT GRAND ISLAND, NE. AFTER LANDING, AS THE PILOT BEGAN TO APPLY THE BRAKES NEAR TAXIWAY C EXIT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR LOWER BARREL ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE UPPER CYLINDER. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR UPPER CYLINDER FOR 56 FT AND CAME TO A REST ON THE RIGHT EDGE OF RUNWAY 17. ONE OF THE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS THAT REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY FOUND THE BROKEN BOLT LYING ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS NORTH OF WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST.