# Incident 20230725006709I: Piper PA-28-161, Beamont, TX, July 25, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2023, 17:30 local time
- Place: Beamont, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8204J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8204J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 874 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230725006709I

## Narrative

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

ON 07/25/2023 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONDUCTING FLIGHT OPERATIONS AT BPT.  AFTER A TOUCH AND GO THE PILOT IN COMMAND NOTICED A WHITE PUFF OF SMOKE OUT THE LEFT WINDOW AND DECIDED TO TERMINATE THE FLIGHT AND LAND THE AIRCRAFT.  PIC NOTICED THAT ON TOUCH DOWN THE LEFT WING CONTINUED TO DIP UNTIL THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT HOUSING CONTACTED THE RUNWAY.  THE PIC MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL IS STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY.  WHEN EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ARRIVED THE AIRCRAFT WAS RESTING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT HOUSING BUT THE WHEEL, STRUT, AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY WAS MISSING.  MISSING PARTS LANDED IN A DRIVEWAY 1 MILE NORTH EAST OF BPT AND WERE RECOVERED.   UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED BY FAA INVESTIGATORS THAT THE LEFT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT HOUSING ATTACHMENT POINT WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE TORQUE LINKS HAD FAILED.

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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