# Incident 20200604011789I: Piper PA-28-161, Owasso, OK, June 4, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2020, 12:45 local time
- Place: Owasso, OK
- Airport: Gundy'S Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2668° N, 95.7836° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GUNDYS (O38), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2668&lon=-95.7836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3572Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,116 total, 292 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200604011789I

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE RETURNING TO THE HOME AIRPORT AFTER SUCCESSFUL CROSS WIND TRAINING AT TULSA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KTUL). THE INSTRUCTOR AIDED THE STUDENT THROUGHOUT THE FINAL APPROACH TO O38. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMALLY AND ON INITIAL BRAKE APPLICATION THE INSTRUCTOR STATED A LOUD "POP" WAS HEARD. THE RIGHT WING BEGAN TO DROP DUE TO THE SEPARATION OF THE R/H GEAR STRUT FROM THE MAIN SPAR. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED RIGHT OF CENTERLINE ON THE END OF THE ROLL-OUT RESULTING IN THE R/H WING IN THE GRASS OFF OF THE ASPHALT SURFACE.

UPON INVESTIGATION ALL EIGHT 1/4" AN FASTENERS HAD FAILED ALLOWING R/H MAIN STRUT SEPARATION. NO BOLT HOLE WERE TORN OR EXHIBITED FAILURE EVIDENCE. THIS AIRCRAFT IS A TRAINING AIRCRAFT AND HAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FLIGHT TIME. FROM THE EVIDENCE OF THE LIMITED FASTENERS RETRIEVED IT APPEARS FATIGUE MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR.

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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