Piper PA-30 N7547Y

Summary

On 10 January 2005 at about 15:45 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N7547Y was involved in an accident near Millville, New Jersey, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 January 2005 at 15:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Millville, New Jersey, United States

Nearest airport

Millville Municipal Airport (MIV)

Coordinates

39.3678, -75.0722

Aircraft

Piper PA-30

Registration

N7547Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wildwood → Millville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC05LA056

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor's failure to lower the landing gear during landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot performed an ILS approach to runway 10, and "broke out of the clouds" at 600-700 feet, approximately 1,000 feet down the length of the runway. At that time, the flight instructor said, "let's get out of here," and the private pilot retracted the landing gear and added power for the missed approach. The flight instructor then took the controls and said "he had the airplane," initiating a tight, right hand pattern for runway 28. As the airplane touched down, the flight instructor noted that the landing gear was still retracted. The airplane then landed on its belly, struck both propellers, and skid several hundred feet before coming to rest at the intersection of runway 14-32. After the accident, the landing gear was cycled up and down several times, and no mechanical anomalies were noted.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.