# Incident 20100401030759I: Piper PA 46-350P, Caldwell, NJ, April 1, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2010, 15:55 local time
- Place: Caldwell, NJ
- Airport: Essex County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8752° N, 74.2814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESSEX COUNTY (CDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8752&lon=-74.2814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4167C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4167C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540 series (registry code 41569, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA 46-350P
- Reported engine: PRATT & WHITNEY PT6A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 350 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100401030759I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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