# Incident 20110530012519I: Piper PA-28RT-201, Toms River, NJ, May 30, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2011, 15:55 local time
- Place: Toms River, NJ
- Airport: Robert J. Miller Air Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- 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: N697LB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N697LB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 386 total, 144 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110530012519I

## Narrative

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

AEA-FSDO-17 RECEIVED A REPORT THAT AN AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED GEAR UP AT ROBERT J. MILLER AIRPARK (MJX). THE AIRCRAFT, A PIPER PA28-RT-201, SERIAL NUMBER 28R-7918112, N697LB, DEPARTED OLD BRIDGE AIRPORT (3N6) ON MAY 30, 2011, AND DURING CLIMB OUT THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. THE PILOT CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH SEVERAL TIMES IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE LANDING GEAR EITHER UP OR DOWN, WITH NO RESPONSE. THE PILOT DECIDED TO PROCEED TO ROBERT J. MILLER AIRPARK (MJX) AND PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE REVIEWED THE POH FOR THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE AND ATTEMPTED THE PROCEDURE SEVERAL TIMES TO NO AVAIL. THE PILOT WAS IN RADIO CONTACT WITH GROUND PERSONNEL AT MJX DISCUSSING THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR PROCEDURES AND MAKING ADDITIONAL ATTEMPTS TO GET THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT CIRCLED THE AIRPORT FOR APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR BEFORE MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 24, APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY AND SLID APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. IN ADDITION, DURING THE INTERVIEW, THE PILOT STATED THAT ON A PREVIOUS FLIGHT HE EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THE LANDING GEAR AND SIMPLY RECYCLED THE GEAR TO CORRECT IT. UPON INSPECTION, THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED AND BOTH MAIN GEARS APPEARED TO BE PARTIALLY EXTENDED. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS RESTING UPON THE MAIN WHEEL SIDE WALLS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGED TO THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE LEFT FLAP AND THE TAIL TIE DOWN. IN ADDITION, BOTH MAIN TIRE SIDE WALLS WERE SCUFFED. THE LANDING GEAR POWER PACK WAS REMOVED AND DISASSEMBLED. THE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT ONE BRUSH WAS STUCK IN ITS HOLDER AND NOT MAKING CONTACT WITH THE COMMUTATOR, RENDERING THE LANDING GEAR POWER PACK INOPERATIVE.IN ADDITION, THE STATIC PRESSURE LINE TO THE AUTOMATIC GEAR EXTENSION DIAPHRAGM WAS COMPLETELY BLOCKED MAKING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION LEVER FEEL VERY STIFF TOWARDS THE END OF ITS TRAVEL AND GIVE A FALSE TRAVEL STOP.

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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