# Incident 20181129017779I: Piper PA-44-180, Trenton, NJ, November 29, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2018, 11:44 local time
- Place: Trenton, NJ
- Airport: Trenton Mercer
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2767° N, 74.8135° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRENTON MERCER (TTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2767&lon=-74.8135&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2242U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2242U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,075 total, 201 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181129017779I

## Narrative

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

THE CFI/MEI WAS AT THE CONTROLS OF THE AIRCRAFT RETURNING FROM THE PRACTICE AREA.  HE PLANNED ON MAKING THE APPROACH AND LANDING TO GIVE THE MULTI-ENGINE STUDENT A BREAK FROM FLYING.  EVIDENCE SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS TOUCHED THE RUNWAY 24 WITH GOUGING AND THEN A GAP OF OVER 500' FOLLOWED BY MORE GOUGES AND THEN THE FUSELAGE SCRAPING.  THE CFI/MEI CLAIMED THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED AND COLLAPSED.  PHYSICAL EVIDENCE INDICATES AN INITIAL GEAR UP LANDING WITH THE PILOT TRYING TO LOWER THE GEAR AFTER THE INITIAL PROPELLER STRIKES.  MAINTENANCE FOUND NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM OR WARNING HORN.

## Other reports on N2242U (1)

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

- [Incident 19810610037279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810610037279I), Jun 10, 1981: Piper PA44180 (N2242U), Circleville, OH, Minor damage. Pilot pulled gear breaker inflight to illiminate light and forgot to push it back in before landing. Gear up landing

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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