# Incident 20040820022179I: Gulstm 114, Easton, PA, August 20, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2004, 10:30 local time
- Place: Easton, PA
- Airport: Easton Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6861° N, 75.2181° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Easton, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6861&lon=-75.2181&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1934J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1934J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 114 (registry code 7630314, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-114) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 114
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 600 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040820022179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2004, MR. ANDREW THOMAS KISZONAK, PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 152265071, LANDED N1934J ON RUNWAY 36 AT BRADEN AIRPARK (N43), EASTON, PA, WITH THE GEAR UP. WITNESSES AT THE AIRPORT OBSERVED N1934J LANDING AT A VERY FAST RATE AND SLIDING ON ITS BELLY FOR OVER 1,700 FEET OF THE 1,950 FOOT RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD THE GEAR DOWN PRIOR TO LANDING AND COULD NOT EXPLAIN THE GEAR UP LANDING. AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR WILLIAM RUSH AND OPERATIONS INSPECTOR JAMES RYAN OF THE ALLENTOWN, PA, FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE, OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY, THE LIFTING OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AUTOMATIC GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN PLACED ON JACKS. THE GEAR WORKED WITH NO PROBLEM. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO A PARKING AREA AND IS AWAITING REPAIRS.

## Other reports on N1934J (1)

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

- [Incident 19790220007329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790220007329I), Feb 20, 1979: Rkwell 114 (N1934J), Nashville, TN, Minor damage. As aircraft decelerated it ran into snowbank on side of runway.

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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