# Incident 20130731017089I: Cessna 402B, Fairfield, NJ, July 31, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2013, 22:14 local time
- Place: Fairfield, NJ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8837° N, 74.3060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairfield, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8837&lon=-74.3060&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3MZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3MZ-2018-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,170 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130731017089I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 31, 2013 A CESSNA 402B, N3MZ, LANDED GEAR UP IN CALDWELL, NJ (CDW) AT 2214L.  IN A REPORT THE AIRMAN STATED HE MADE A NORMAL DOWNWIND ENTRY TO RUNWAY 22.  APPROACH FLAPS WERE SET AND THE PILOT TURNED FOR HIS BASE LEG. THE PILOT OVERSHOT FINAL DUE TO MANY GROUND LIGHTS AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS 25 TO 30 DEGREES OFF FROM CENTERLINE AND THE AIRMAN ADJUSTED HIS FINAL AND APPLIED FULL FLAPS.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR STOWED.

THE PILOT FURTHER STATED THAT HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL IRREGULARITIES THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED ITS PROPER OPERATION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LATER PLACED ON JACKS AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED NORMALLY.

THE INITIAL REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS INDICATE THERE MAYBE ADDITIONAL AIRWORTHINESS VIOLATIONS TO BE HANDLED AS A SEPARATE MATTER.

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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