# Incident 20020826036799I: Piper PA34200, Belmar/Farmingd, NJ, August 26, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2002, 11:00 local time
- Place: Belmar/Farmingd, NJ
- Airport: Allaire Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1797° N, 74.0244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Belmar, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1797&lon=-74.0244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1031U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1031U-2018-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 400 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020826036799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FOLLOWING A LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE INSTRUCTOR AND COMMERCIAL RATED STUDENT ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT ALLAIRE (BLM) AND SET UP FOR A SHORT FIELD LANDING. PILOT CALLED FOR LANDING CHECKLIST WHICH WAS PERFORMED BY INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT. CFI BELIEVES HE SAW 3 GREEN GEAR DOWN INDICATION, AS WELL AS REFLECTION OF NOSE GEAR IN RIGHT ENGINE COWL MOUNTED MIRROR. CFI STATED HE FELT A BUMP ON LANDING WHICH HE PERCEIVED TO BE THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHING DOWN. CFI THEN HEARD PROPS STRIKE, FOLLOWED BY THE TAIL. ON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT HE SAW THE NOSE GEAR DOORS CRUSHED OUTWARD IN THE OPEN POSITION. CFI STATES HE DID NOT HEAR A GEAR WARNING HORN, OR HAVE ANY INDICATION OF AN UNSAFE GEAR POSITION. WITNESSES ON THE GROUND REPORTED SEEING THE AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH WITHOUT THE GEAR EXTENDED. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT PILOTS MAY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER GEAR JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. SCUFF MARKS WERE FOUND ONLY ON THE SIDEWALLS OF BOTH MAIN GEARS, ONE NOSE GEAR DOOR WAS FULLY CLOSED WITH EXTERION SCRAPE MARKS, THE OTHER FULLY OPEN WITH INTERIOR SCRAPE MARKS. THE POSITION OF THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WAS CONSISTENT WITH SLIDE MARKS ON THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N1031U (1)

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

- [Incident 20080218012849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080218012849I), Feb 18, 2008: Piper PA34200 (N1031U), Belmar/Farming, NJ, Minor damage. (-23) On February 18, 2008, at approximately 1930, PA34-200, N1031U, s/n 34-7250012, landed on runway 32 at Monmouth Executive Airport (blm). After touch down,…

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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