# Incident 20240210002349I: Piper PA-28-181, Wappinger Falls, NY, February 10, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2024, 13:22 local time
- Place: Wappinger Falls, NY
- Airport: Hudson Valley Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6266° N, 73.8842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUDSON VALLEY RGNL (POU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6266&lon=-73.8842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17AV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17AV) (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: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 13,275 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240210002349I

## Narrative

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

DURING INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24 AT POU IN THE PROCESS OF DOING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, THE AIRCRAFT'S MAIN LANDING GEAR HIT THE AIRPORT'S PERIMETER FENCE. THE IMPACT SEVERED BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT SISSOR LINKS. THIS CAUSED BOTH WHEEL ASSEMBLIES TO BE HANGING ONLY BY THEIR RESPECTIVE BRAKE HOSES.

THE CONTROL TOWER CONFIRMED THE DAMAGE AND SUGGESTED TO THE PILOT THAT HE REMAIN AIRBORNE UNTIL EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT COULD BE IN PLACE.

AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE REMAINING STRUT HOUSINGS OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE UNDAMAGED NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N17AV (2)

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

- [Accident 20010721038899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010721038899A), Jul 21, 2001: Piper PA28181 (N17AV), Mattituck, NY, No damage. (-23) At 1430 on 7/21/01, Mr. Teddy heichman, landed at Mattituck (21N) on runway 1, estimated touchdown point was a third of the way down the runway. Tire…
- [Incident 19940220006859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940220006859I), Feb 20, 1994: Piper PA28181 (N17AV), Bridgeport, CT, Minor damage. Aircraft hit nosewheel first and then porpoised. Nose wheel sheared off. Came to rest on runway.

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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