# Incident 20130207001569I: Piper PA-30, Fairfield, NJ, February 7, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2013, 11:01 local time
- Place: Fairfield, NJ
- Airport: Essex County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NUCS
- 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: N7581Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7581Y-2018-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 74 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130207001569I

## Narrative

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

PER THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS SIGNED STATEMENT: "TODAY DURING FLYING THE SAID AIRCRAFT INBOUND TO KCDW AIRPORT PRIOR TO ENTERING THE LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 04, THE PILOT (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) SLOWED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT TO GEAR DOWN SPEED AND MOVED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER TO THE DOWN POSITION. THE STUDENT SLOWED DOWN TO FLAPS EXTENSION SPEED AND LOWERED THE APPROACH FLAPS TO 15 DEGREES WHEN HE WAS ABEAM THE NUMBERS ON THE DOWNWIND LEG WHERE WE RECEIVED THE CLEARANCE TO LAND. DURING TURNING TO BASE LEG THE STUDENT DID THE GUMPS CHECK AND LOWERED THE FULL FLAPS AND I SAW IT. DURING FINAL AIRSPEED WAS BIT HIGH (WITHIN THE FLAPS OPERATING RANGE) AND I TOLD STUDENT TO IDLE THE THROTTLE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED BETWEEN BLUE AND RED LINES.  NO AURAL INDICATIONS WERE HEARD AT THIS MOMENT. DURING THE FLARE MANUEVER AND UPON TOUCH DOWN I HEARD THE SCTRACH SOUND. WE WAITED TILL THE AIRPLANE STOPPED. TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH AND CUT BOTH MIXTURE CONTROLS TO IDLE AND EVACTUATED THE AIRCRAFT AND REQUESTED ASSISTANCE."   UPON THE FSDO'S ARRIVAL AT THE AIRCRAFT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPS AND THE AIRCRAFT BELLY BUT NOT THE LANDING GEAR OR TIRES. PER LIEUTENANT JAY ARTALE THE FAIRFIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED GEAR UP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED TO A HANGAR AT KCDW AND PLACED ON JACKS THE GEAR WAS OPERATED AND IT WORKED NORMAL ALONG WITH THE LANDING GEAR INDICATION LIGHT AND AURAL WARNING HORN.  THE AIRCRAFT HAS A MIRROR INSTALLED TO ASSIST WITH SEEING THE POSITION OF THE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N7581Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19810712055919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810712055919I), Jul 12, 1981: Piper PA30 (N7581Y), Teterboro, NJ, Minor damage. Engine lost power due to a leak in the engine driven fuel pump. P/n 41234T279.

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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