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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA 46-350P · Caldwell, NJ · April 1, 2010

Date: April 1, 2010 · 15:55 local
Place: Caldwell, NJ
Airport: Essex County Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4167C
Reported as: Piper PA 46-350P
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,800 total350 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N4167CRegistered now · Piper PA 46-350PS/N 4636201 · Built 1999 Airframe modelPiper PA 46-350P Engine modelLycoming TIO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

During landing touch down on runway 22 at Caldwell airport, NJ (kcdw) the pilot noticed the aircraft pulling right and struggled to maintain the aircraft on the runway. Approximately 1000 feet from touch down the aircraft departed the runway and came to a complete stop with all three landing gear on the grass at the runways edge. The pilot reported that he "greased the landing" and inspection of the tire revealed no damage and no tread loss due to skidding. Further inspection of the right main landing gear tire and tube revealed a small cut in the tire tube with no apparent or matching cut or hole in the tire itself. The pilot stated that there was no noise of a blown tire upon landing just an immediate pulling to the right.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING TOUCH DOWN ON RUNWAY 22 AT CALDWELL AIRPORT, NJ (KCDW) THE PILOT NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT PULLING RIGHT AND STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY. APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET FROM TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP WITH ALL THREE LANDING GEAR ON THE GRASS AT THE RUNWAYS EDGE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE "GREASED THE LANDING" AND INSPECTION OF THE TIRE REVEALED NO DAMAGE AND NO TREAD LOSS DUE TO SKIDDING. FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE AND TUBE REVEALED A SMALL CUT IN THE TIRE TUBE WITH NO APPARENT OR MATCHING CUT OR HOLE IN THE TIRE ITSELF. THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO NOISE OF A BLOWN TIRE UPON LANDING JUST AN IMMEDIATE PULLING TO THE RIGHT.