# Incident 20110409006669I: Piper PA-23-250, Toms River, NJ, April 9, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2011, 14:30 local time
- Place: Toms River, NJ
- Airport: Robert J Miller Air Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9537° N, 74.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Toms River, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9537&lon=-74.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6943A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6943A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 600 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110409006669I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND HE HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS ON, INDICATING LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN & LOCKED PRIOR TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 6 AT KMJX. AFTER NOSE WHEEL TOUCH DOWN SEVERAL SECONDS DURING ROLLOUT AN EXTREME VIBRATION CAME FROM THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AREA. THINKING HE HAD A FLAT TIRE, HE PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE BUT THE NOSE CONTINUED TO LOWER PAST LEVEL AND HE HEARD PROPELLERS STRIKING THE RUNWAY, FOLLOWED VERY QUICKLY BY THE GEAR EXTENSION ALARM. VISUAL INSPECTION OF INCIDENT AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: NOSE LANDING GEAR DAMPER AND LOWER DRAG LINKS WORN. THESE WORN COMPONENTS MAY HAVE CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR LATCH ASSEMBLY TO COME UNLATCHED DURING THE SEVER VIBRATION, ALLOWING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

## Other reports on N6943A (1)

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

- [Incident 20151026018659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151026018659I), Oct 26, 2015: Piper PA-23-250 (N6943A), Latham, NY, Minor damage. Pilot of N6943A (PA23-250 aztec) reports prior to landing on runway 01 at alb that he had a 3 green gear down indication. Upon landing rollout the pilot…

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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