20200917013639I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Fort Myers, FL · September 17, 2020

Date
September 17, 2020 · 14:30 local
Place
Fort Myers, FL
Airport
Page Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N56870
Reported as
Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
14,032 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

On September 17/2020, at 1430 EDT, while on a private flight without passengers, N56870, a Piper PA-28-140, registered to privacy data omitted, landed on runway 23 at Page Field (fmy - Fort Myers, FL) and departed the runway during rollout due to the loss of a portion of the right main landing gear at touchdown. The aircraft came to rest in the grass adjacent to the right side of runway 23, in the safety area. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The aircraft sustained minor damage and the pilot was uninjured. The flight originated a short time earlier from Page Field (fmy). This flight was the first flight after the maintenance completed on September 08/2020.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 17/2020, AT 1430 EDT, WHILE ON A PRIVATE FLIGHT WITHOUT PASSENGERS, N56870, A PIPER PA-28-140, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDED ON RUNWAY 23 AT PAGE FIELD (FMY - FORT MYERS, FL) AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY DURING ROLLOUT DUE TO THE LOSS OF A PORTION OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AT TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS ADJACENT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 23, IN THE SAFETY AREA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED A SHORT TIME EARLIER FROM PAGE FIELD (FMY). THIS FLIGHT WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT AFTER THE MAINTENANCE COMPLETED ON SEPTEMBER 08/2020.