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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201 · Belmar/Farmingd, NJ · August 6, 2005

Date
August 6, 2005
Place
Belmar/Farmingd, NJ
Airport
Allaire Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2844M
Reported as
Piper PA28R201
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total10 in this make and model10 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) Written statement of the pilot indicates that he saw 3 green landing gear lights on approach to runway 3; as the main landing gear touched down, he states that a red 'gear unsafe' light came on, and that the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft veered to the right, skidding 230 ft. beyond the touchdown point, and departed the runway. Maintenance personnel from eagles view aviation stated that the nose gear dropped into place and locked in the down position when the tail was lowered. The aircraft was then towed to the eagles view hangar. Physical damage to the nose gear doors indicate that the nose gear was not fully down when the aircraft landed. Friction damage to the right nose gear door was on the outside of the door; the left side nose gear door was scraped on the inside.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE PILOT INDICATES THAT HE SAW 3 GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHTS ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 3; AS THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, HE STATES THAT A RED 'GEAR UNSAFE' LIGHT CAME ON, AND THAT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT, SKIDDING 230 FT. BEYOND THE TOUCHDOWN POINT, AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FROM EAGLES VIEW AVIATION STATED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DROPPED INTO PLACE AND LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION WHEN THE TAIL WAS LOWERED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED TO THE EAGLES VIEW HANGAR. PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS INDICATE THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY DOWN WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED. FRICTION DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT NOSE GEAR DOOR WAS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR; THE LEFT SIDE NOSE GEAR DOOR WAS SCRAPED ON THE INSIDE.