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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Clearwater, FL · September 2, 2022

Date
September 2, 2022 · 18:00 local
Place
Clearwater, FL
Airport
Clearwater Air Park
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1434T
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

Pilot was preforming landings with an instructor on board. After the flight the pilot parked the aircraft, and the aircraft did not fly for 20 days. On the preflight inspection of the next flight, the pilot discovered the right-wing landing gear box and surrounding skin, and members were damaged. After maintenace facility inspection they also discovered left wing showed signs of yielding on the spar section and supporting rib.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PREFORMING LANDINGS WITH AN INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD. AFTER THE FLIGHT THE PILOT PARKED THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT FLY FOR 20 DAYS. ON THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE NEXT FLIGHT, THE PILOT DISCOVERED THE RIGHT-WING LANDING GEAR BOX AND SURROUNDING SKIN, AND MEMBERS WERE DAMAGED. AFTER MAINTENACE FACILITY INSPECTION THEY ALSO DISCOVERED LEFT WING SHOWED SIGNS OF YIELDING ON THE SPAR SECTION AND SUPPORTING RIB.

Other reports on N1434T · 1

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