# Incident 20221229019179I: Piper PA-28-181, Pembroke Pines, FL, December 29, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2022, 07:40 local time
- Place: Pembroke Pines, FL
- Airport: North Perry
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0013° N, 80.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH PERRY (HWO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0013&lon=-80.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3055B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3055B) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 920 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221229019179I

## Narrative

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

PART 91, PIPER PA-28-181,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED NORTH PERRY AIRPORT (HWO) WITH ONE CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR PILOT (CFI) AND A STUDENT PILOT. UPON TAKEOFF, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT DEPARTED FROM THE UPPER TRUNNION. CFI THEN TOOK CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT. TOWER NOTIFIED OVER RADIO SOMETHING WAS HANGING FROM AIRCRAFT AND REQUESTED A FLY BY TO VERIFY. TOWER THEN VERIFIED ON FLY BY THAT THE LEFT LANDING GEAR WAS HANGING FROM THE AIRCRAFT. TOWER THEN INSTRUCTED THEM TO A DOWNWIND HEADING FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. ON DOWNWIND STRUT DEPARTED AIRCRAFT COMPLETELY. CFI THEN WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON THE REMAINING LANDING GEAR AND TRUNION AND KEPT THE WINGS AND PROPELLER FROM STRIKING THE GROUND. NO INJURIES WITH ANYONE INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N3055B (1)

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

- [Accident 20250312006629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250312006629A), Mar 12, 2025: Piper PA-28-181 (N3055B), Miramar, FL, Substantial damage. [privacy data omitted] Departed north perry airport(hwo) at approximately 1244 then did one normal traffic pattern with a full stop. After full stop aircraft…

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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