# Incident 20201114014899I: Piper PA-28-181, Waterford, MI, November 14, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2020, 12:00 local time
- Place: Waterford, MI
- Airport: Oakland County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5337F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5337F) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201114014899I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT PERFORMING CFR PART 91 STUDENT PILOT INSTRUCTION.  AFTER TAKE OFF STUDENT NOTICED DAMAGE ON LEFT HAND FLAP.  CFI TOOK CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND RETURNED TO KPTK.  DURING LANDING AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON 09 LEFT RUNWAY.  LOWER LEFT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT RECOVERED ON SIDE OF RUNWAY.  TORQUE LINK BOLT AND NUT COULD NOT BE LOCATED.  RECORDS REVIEW SHOW LEFT LOWER MAIN LANDING GEAR REMOVED FOR MAINTENANCE AT LAST ANNUAL.  AIRCRAFT HAD 25 FLIGHTS AND 38 HOURS POST ANNUAL.

## Other reports on N5337F (1)

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

- [Incident 20240823011909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240823011909I), Aug 23, 2024: Piper PA-28-181 (N5337F), Pontiac, MI, No damage. On 8/23/24 a Piper archer, conducting a training flight, experienced a fuel starvation event and landed short of runway 27R at kptk. The instructor and student…

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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