# Accident 20090802047979A: Piper PA-34-200T, Lincoln Park, NJ, August 2, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2009, 12:38 local time
- Place: Lincoln Park, NJ
- Airport: Lincoln Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9475° N, 74.3144° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9475&lon=-74.3144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N551N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N551N-2017-07-06) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 21,680 total, 97 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA437](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA437) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090802047979A

## Narrative

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

ON 08/02/09 AT APPROXIMATELY 1238 LOCAL TIME, N551N A PIPER PA-34-200T, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AFTER ITS GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 19 AT LINCOLN PARK AIRPORT, NJ (N07). THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN AND THEN HIT THE NOSE GEAR HARD ON THE SUBSEQUENT TOUCHDOWN SHEARING OFF THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY SHEARING OFF THE REMAINING GEAR ASSEMBLIES AND CAME TO REST BACK ON THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET FROM INITIAL IMPACT. THREE OCCUPANTS WERE ON BOARD. NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA09CA437](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA437), Aug 2, 2009: Piper PA-34-200T (N551N), Lincoln Park, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and the subsequent collapse of the landing gear.

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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