20040801022809I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-310 · Manville, NJ · August 1, 2004

Date
August 1, 2004 · 18:00 local
Place
Manville, NJ
Airport
Central Jersey Regnl Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N87MA
Reported as
Piper PA31310
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540A2B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total900 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) After landing on runway 25, the right main landing gear collapsed. The right wing and the right landing gear door received minor damage. Appears that dirt and rust had accumulated on the downlock, as the aircraft had been out of service for five weeks. There were no injuries and weather was not a factor.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 25, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE RIGHT WING AND THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR DOOR RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. APPEARS THAT DIRT AND RUST HAD ACCUMULATED ON THE DOWNLOCK, AS THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR FIVE WEEKS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR.