# Accident 20090728048029A: Piper PA-34-200T, Mount Holly, NJ, July 28, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2009, 11:30 local time
- Place: Mount Holly, NJ
- Airport: South Jersey Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ATJA
- Location: 39.9429° N, 74.8457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTH JERSEY RGNL (VAY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9429&lon=-74.8457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1494X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1494X-2013-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090728048029A

## Narrative

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

N1494X DEPARTED 39N ENROUTE TO VAY. (@20 MIN LEG), WHEN GEAR WAS RETRACTED  DEPARTING 39N THE GEAR USAFE LIGHT APPEARED. GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ON THROUHOUT FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT ENTERD DOWNWIND AT VAY AND PILOT EXTENDED GEAR AND NOTICED THE LEFT GEAR LIGHT NOT LIGHTED. PILOT STATED HE RECYCLED THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES, AFTER A SHORT DELAY THE LEFT LANDING GEAR LIGHT CAME ON.PILOT LANDED WITH OUT FURTHER INCIDENT, TAXIED TO FBO AND PARKED THE AIRCRAFT AND WENT TO LUNCH AT THE AIRPORT RESTRAUNT. MECHANIC AFTER PILOT HAD LEFT NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT WING WAS AT A HIGHER ANGLE THAN NORMAL AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS SHIFTED AND EXTENDED.THE MECHANIC INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND DISCOVERD THE FRONT BRACKET THAT SUPPORTS THE LEFT LANDING GEAR TRUNNION BEARING HAD BROKEN OFF ALLOWING THE LANDING GEAR STRUT TO SHIFT IN ITS MOUNTS DOWNWARD APPROX 6 "LODGING AGIANST THE REAR TRAILING EDGE. AT THIS TIME CAUSE OF FAILURE IS UNKNOWN.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N1494X (2)

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

- [Incident 20110627012099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110627012099I), Jun 27, 2011: Piper PA-34-200T (N1494X), Orlando, FL, No damage. During landing and roll on runway 18L, the pilot experienced a vibration, the aircraft dragged and dropped on the right side. The right main tire was flat…
- [Incident 19940202024189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940202024189I), Feb 2, 1994: Piper PA34200T (N1494X), Connersville, IN, Minor damage. Narrative: airworthiness: landing gear motor failed. Airman: airman failed to use the AFM emergency gear extension procedure when he was confronted with a…

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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