# Incident 20230319004789I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-44-180, Trenton, NJ, March 19, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2023, 10:40 local time
- Place: Trenton, NJ
- Airport: Trenton Mercer
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: DQ8S
- 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: N8024Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8024Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B1G6 (registry code 41866, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b1g6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B1G6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,125 total, 80 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230319004789I

## Narrative

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

RETURNING TO TRENTON MERCER AIRPORT (KTTN) THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROLS TO DEMONSTRATE A CROSSWIND LANDING. APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT THE CFI BEGAN THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST AND SKIPPED THE LANDING GEAR ITEM DUE TO DISTANCE FROM THE AIRPORT.

WHILE IN THE PATTERN THE GEAR HORN SOUNDED AND WAS SILENCED. THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST WAS NEVER COMPLETED. BOTH THE CFI AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT RECEIVING TRAINING DID NOT REALIZE THE GEAR WAS UP.

THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED-DOWN WITH THE GEAR UP AND SLID OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS WHERE IT CAME TO REST. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED BELLY SCRAPES AND A SMALL WRINKLE IN ONE FLAP. IN ADDITION, THE PROPELLERS WERE CURLED.

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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