# Incident 20250817011499I: Piper PA-28-181, Waterford, MI, August 17, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2025, 15:04 local time
- Place: Waterford, MI
- Airport: Oakland County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1689H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1689H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 892 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250817011499I

## Narrative

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

THE COTTER KEYED CASTELLATED NUT ON TORQUE LINK UNION BOLT DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS NOT RECOVERED AT THE SCENE.

ON LANDING THE TORQUE LINK UNION BOLT DEPARTED THE TORQUE LINKS CAUSING THE LINKS TO SEPARATE.

LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT SEPARATED FROM THE STRUT HOUSING CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO DROP ON LANDING ROLL OUT AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO LOSE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 27R AND CAME TO REST ABEAM TAXIWAY D1.

## Other reports on N1689H (1)

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

- [Incident 20060224008879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060224008879I), Feb 24, 2006: Piper PA28181 (N1689H), Toledo, OH. (-23) Pilot rented aircraft with GPS that he had no formal instruction in use, only reading of manual and practice at a couple non tower airports. Pilot…

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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