# Accident 20220228002999A: Piper PA-30, Farmingdale, NY, February 28, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2022, 12:03 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7943Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7943Y-2023-11-27) (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, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 10 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220228002999A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBUARY 28, 2022, AT REPUBLIC AIRPORT, FARMINGDALE, NY, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED ON RUNWAY 32 WITH GEAR UP WHILE PILOT WAS RECEVING A MULTI ENGINE COMMERICAL PILOT CHECK RIDE FROM AN FAA DESIGNATED PILOT EXAMINDER. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS REPORTED TO BE IN THE DOWN POSITION BY BOTH PILOTS AND 30 AMPS LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS REPORTED TO BE FOUND POPPED ACCORDING TO BOTH PILOTS.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT IN COMMAND HE DOES NOT RECALL HEARING THE GEAR HORN OR SEEING THE GREEN LIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE FAA DESIGNATED PILOT EXAMINER, HE WAS NOT ACTING AS A PILOT IN COMMAND AND INDICATED THAT THE GEAR HANDLE LIGHT WAS NOT VISIBLE TO HIM FROM THE RIGHT SEAT.

INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE PERFORMED LANDING GEAR FUNCTION TESTS ON FEBRUARY 28, 2022 AND FOUR GEAR RETRACTIONS SEQUENCES ON APRIL 5, 2022. ALL TESTS PERFORMED WERE UNEVENTFUL WITH NORMAL INDICATIONS AND GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA22LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA138), Feb 28, 2022: Piper PA-30 (N7943Y), Farmingdale, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew’s failure to verify the landing gear position prior to landing. Contributing to the accident was an overload in the landing gear motor electrical circuit which resulted in the circuit…

## Other reports on N7943Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20010816028199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010816028199I), Aug 16, 2001: Piper PA30 (N7943Y), Caldwell, NJ, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot experienced total electrical failure which resulted in incomplete gear extension. Nose gear collapsed on landing, followed by collapse of left and…

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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