# Incident 20150911020699I: Piper PA-44-180, Morristown, NJ, September 11, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2015, 12:05 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 40.7993° N, 74.4149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORRISTOWN MUNI (MMU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7993&lon=-74.4149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N263AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N263AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 691 total, 279 in this make and model, 255 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150911020699I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MORRISTOWN AIRPORT (KMMU) HEADING TO ISLIP (KISP). AFTER TAKE-OFF THE PILOT ATTEMPED TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR AND WAS GIVEN A TRANSIT HORN AND GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT WHICH DID NOT GO OUT. THE GEAR HANDLE WAS THEN PUT IN GEAR DOWN POSITION AND THE HORN AND LIGHT STILL REMAINED ON. THE PILOT CALLED THE TOWER AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE PILOT WAS DIRECTED BY ATC TO DO A SLOW FLY BY TO LET THE TOWER VERIFY THE GEAR POSITION. THE TOWER STATED THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT DID A SLOW APPROACH AND LANDED NORMALLY. ONCE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED THE GROUND IT COLLAPSED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N263AT (1)

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

- [Incident 20180806010349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180806010349I), Aug 6, 2018: Piper PA-44-180 (N263AT), Trenton, NJ, Minor damage. 8/6/2018 Pilot on multi-engine training flight departed ttn with kblm as destination. When entering downwind leg at kblm, gear down checklist started. When…

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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