# Incident 20241022017499I: Piper PA-28-161, Hayward, CA, October 22, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2024, 09:17 local time
- Place: Hayward, CA
- Airport: Hayward Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6589° N, 122.1217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAYWARD EXEC (HWD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6589&lon=-122.1217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8256E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8256E) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241022017499I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^DEPARTED PAO 10/22/2024.

UPON DEPARTURE, AIRCRAFT LOST RIGHT REAR MAIN LANDING GEAR. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AT HWD DUE TO LONGER RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMED LOW APPROACH THEN LANDED RWY28L WITHOUT INCIDENT, AND WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

INSPECTORS FOUND RIGHT REAR MAIN LANDING GEAR TO BE SEPARATED AT THE STRUT & TORQUE LINK. AFTER SEARCHES PERFORMED AT BOTH DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL AIRFIELDS, TORQUE LINK BOLT AND ASSOCIATED HARDWARE WERE NOT RECOVERED. GEAR HAD SEPARATED AT THE STRUT. WHEEL/TIRE/INNER STRUT WERE RECOVERED FROM PAO. OUTER STRUT AND UPPER TORQUE LINK WERE STILL ATTACHED TO AIRCRAFT (NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE).

INSPECTOR EVALUATED MAINTENANCE LOGS AND DETERMINED AIRWORTHINESS REQUIREMENTS TO BE UP TO DATE.

THE CAUSE OF THE TORQUE LINK BOLT'S DEPARTURE FROM THE AIRCRAFT IS UNKNOWN.

## Other reports on N8256E (3)

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

- [Incident 20011018030489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011018030489I), Oct 18, 2001: Piper PA28161 (N8256E), Losthills, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot on solo x-country flight from palo alto airport (pao) to atwater, CA (mer) and return to pao failed to reset the directional heading…
- [Incident 20010721020479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010721020479I), Jul 21, 2001: Piper PA28161 (N8256E), San Jose, CA. (-23) On July 21, 2001 at approximately 1940 PDT aircraft N8256E made an emergency landing at San Jose, CA intl airport (sjc) runway 29 due to fuel depletion.…
- [Incident 19860128060649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860128060649I), Jan 28, 1986: Piper PA28161 (N8256E), Hollister, CA, Minor damage. After landing,solo student made a turnoff at intersection with too much speed and lost directional control.

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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