# Incident 20010816028199I: Piper PA30, Caldwell, NJ, August 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2001, 19:14 local time
- Place: Caldwell, NJ
- Airport: Essex County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8752° N, 74.2814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESSEX COUNTY (CDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8752&lon=-74.2814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7943Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7943Y-2023-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010816028199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT EXPERIENCED TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE WHICH RESULTED IN INCOMPLETE GEAR EXTENSION. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING, FOLLOWED BY COLLAPSE OF LEFT AND RIGHT MAINS.

## Other reports on N7943Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20220228002999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220228002999A), Feb 28, 2022: Piper PA-30 (N7943Y), Farmingdale, NY, Substantial damage. On febuary 28, 2022, at Republic Airport, Farmingdale, NY, [privacy data omitted] landed on runway 32 with gear up while pilot was receving a multi engine…

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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