# Incident 20030429017159I: Piper PA24250, Trenton, NJ, April 29, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2003, 11:20 local time
- Place: Trenton, NJ
- Airport: Mercer County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2238° N, 74.7636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Trenton, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2238&lon=-74.7636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6659P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6659P) (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 O540A1C5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,748 total, 994 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030429017159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP AT TRENTON, NJ. PILOT TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO CYCLE GEAR WITH NO SUCCESS. MANUAL EXTENSION ALSO UNSUCCESSFUL. AWAITING REPORT FROM REPAIR STATION, MRD OR REPORT OF NEGATIVE FINDINGS.

## Other reports on N6659P (1)

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

- [Incident 19870112004049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870112004049I), Jan 12, 1987: Piper PA24250 (N6659P), White Plains, NY. Forced landing after fuel exhaustion. Took off with minimal fuel in tanks.

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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