# Incident 20120301002679I: Piper PA-23-250, Essex County Fa, NJ, March 1, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2012, 23:25 local time
- Place: Essex County Fa, NJ
- Airport: Essex County
- 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: N208D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N208D-2023-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,436 total, 406 in this make and model, 91 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120301002679I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 01, 2012 APPROXIMATELY AT 23:25 EST. AIRCRAFT N208D A PIPER AZTEC PA-23-250 SERIAL NUMBER 27-7554155, WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 4 AT CALDWELL ESSEX COUNTY FAIRFIELD, NJ AIRPORT (CDW). VFR FLIGHT RULES PREVAILED.ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENTS, UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 4, A DEER ENTERED THE RUNWAY RAN IN FRONT OF THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE DEER STRUCK THE RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER, RIGHT HAND ENGINE NACELLE AIR BOX SCOOP, AND THE RIGHT HAND INBOARD MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR. ACCORDING TO THE PILOTS, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE LIMITED TO THE RIGHT HAND INBOARD MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR.THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW AND NO DAMAGE TO ANY PROPERTY.

## Other reports on N208D (1)

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

- [Incident 20170726015329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170726015329I), Jul 26, 2017: Piper PA-23-250 (N208D), New Cumberland, PA, Minor damage. Pilot departed kcdw enroute to kcxy with clear weather and calm winds. After being handed off to harrisburg approach he asked for and received clearance to…

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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