20240317002979I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Elyria, OH · March 17, 2024

Date
March 17, 2024 · 14:00 local
Place
Elyria, OH
Airport
Lorain County Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N997SG
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
630 total

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.

During landing at Lorain county airport (lpr), the right main landing gear torque link assembly attach point broke on the main landing gear strut. The piston assembly came free from the strut cylinder. The aircraft came to rest on the strut cylinder.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING AT LORAIN COUNTY AIRPORT (LPR), THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TORQUE LINK ASSEMBLY ATTACH POINT BROKE ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT. THE PISTON ASSEMBLY CAME FREE FROM THE STRUT CYLINDER. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE STRUT CYLINDER.