# Incident 20250918012769I: Piper PA-28-140, Jacksonville, NC, September 18, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2025, 20:30 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, NC
- Airport: Albert J Ellis
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8292° N, 77.6121° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBERT J ELLIS (OAJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8292&lon=-77.6121&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3465K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3465K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,517 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250918012769I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CAME IN FOR A FINAL LANDING AFTER INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE STRUT UNBEKNOWNST TO THE CREW HAD FULLY EXTENDED, THUS COMPLETELY BREAKING OUT OF ITS GUIDE.

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED, BROKE FROM THE STRUT AND ROLLED TO A STOP 50 FT FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT.

NO INJURIES.

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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