# Incident 19951018041999I: Piper PA24250, Atlantic City, NJ, October 18, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1995, 13:51 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport: Atlantic City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4576° N, 74.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATLANTIC CITY INTL (ACY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4576&lon=-74.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5549P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5549P-2020-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 431 total, 328 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951018041999I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT REPORTED THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND FOR LANDING AT THE BAY BRIDGE, MD AIRPORT. AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT ATLANTIC CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. WE WILL FOLLOW-UP AND SUBMIT AMENDED REPORT CONCERNING CAUSE OF GEAR PROBLEM AND CORRECTIVE ACTION. DAWN AERONAUTICS RETRIEVED THE AIRCRAFT, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION LEVER WAS REPOSITIONED AND THE EXTENSION SYSTEM OPERATED SATISFACTORILY.

## Other reports on N5549P (2)

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

- [Incident 20181029021129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181029021129I), Oct 29, 2018: Piper PA-24-250 (N5549P), St. Simon Islan, GA, Minor damage. On approach to land at kssi, during VFR conditions, pilot neglected to lower landing gear for landing resulting in a gear up landing. The aircraft sustained…
- [Accident 19731120040729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731120040729A), Nov 20, 1973: Piper PA24250 (N5549P), Jacksonville, FL, Substantial damage. Fast acft crossed in front abt 3MIN later acft flipped into diving turn. Vortex turb cvrd in aim.

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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