# Incident 20201024015049I: Piper PA-28-181, Olathe, KS, October 24, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2020, 12:53 local time
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8814° N, 94.8191° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Olathe, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8814&lon=-94.8191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4766F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4766F) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 123 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201024015049I

## Narrative

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

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 20120125001379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120125001379I), Jan 25, 2012: Piper PA-28-181 (N4766F), Olathe, KS, Minor damage. The 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…

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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