20201024015049I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Olathe, KS · October 24, 2020

Date: October 24, 2020 · 12:53 local
Place: Olathe, KS
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4766F
Reported as: Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 123 total

N4766FRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181S/N 28-7790060 · Built 1976 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

During an instructional flight, the pilot stated that she began to have trouble keeping the aircraft on the runway center line and veering left upon landing. The left main gear and nose gear subsequently ran off the runway and into the grass. Upon exciting the aircraft, the pilot noticed the LH main gear shock strut in the fully extended position with the upper and lower scissor link bolt backed out and LH main wheel assembly tracking to the RH.

As the FAA filed it

DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE BEGAN TO HAVE TROUBLE KEEPING THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE AND VEERING LEFT UPON LANDING. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR SUBSEQUENTLY RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE GRASS. UPON EXCITING THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT NOTICED THE LH MAIN GEAR SHOCK STRUT IN THE FULLY EXTENDED POSITION WITH THE UPPER AND LOWER SCISSOR LINK BOLT BACKED OUT AND LH MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLY TRACKING TO THE RH.

Other reports on N4766F · 1

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

Incident 20120125001379ILanding: Rollout · Olathe, KSThe pilot was executing touch and goes on runway 18 when he noticed approximately a dozen geese on the runway. The pilot allowed the aircraft to decelerate normally, expecting the the geese to clear the runway. All but one of the geese cleared the runway. The…Jan 25, 2012 · Minor damage