# Accident 20011025031809A: Piper PA28R200, Belmar/Farmingd, NJ, October 25, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2001, 17:50 local time
- Place: Belmar/Farmingd, NJ
- Airport: Allaire Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1868° N, 74.1246° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1868&lon=-74.1246&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1585X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1585X-2017-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD02LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02LA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011025031809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING AN AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CHECK-OUT, THE SECOND TOUCH AND GO MANEUVER ON RUNWAY 32 CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND HARD. WHEN THE PILOT SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR DOWN FOR LANDING, THE LEFT GREEN SAFE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE LEFT SEAT PILOT THEN NOTED THAT THERE WAS A SHEETMETAL PUNCTURE ON THE UPPER LEFT WING SKIN, ABOVE THE GEAR. LOW FLY BY WAS PERFORMED AND GROUND CREW DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED. THE PIC ELECTED TO PERFORM A GEAR DOWN LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 AND LANDING WAS MADE UNEVENTFULLY TILL THE LEFT GEAR CONTACTED THE GROUND AND COLLAPSED, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE LEFT AND OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. THE CAUSE FOR THE LEFT MAIN GEAR UNSAFE CONDITION WAS THE RESULT OF THE FAILURE OF THE LEFT GEAR FORWARD TRUNNION ATTACH FITTING, CAUSING THE GEAR FORWARD ATTACH TO BECOME DISCONNECTED. THE HARD LANDING CAUSED A PORTION (ONE-THIRD) OF THE FITTING TO EXIT THROUGH THE TOP OF THE LEFT WING SKIN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD02LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02LA006), Oct 25, 2001: Piper PA-28-200 (N1585X), Farmingdale, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the flight instructor's delayed remedial action to correct the pilot's lack of directional control during landing. A factor was the crosswind.

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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