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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA28140 · Ocean City, NJ · April 8, 1978

Date
April 8, 1978 · 19:15 local
Place
Ocean City, NJ
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4423X
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
57 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Attempted go-around after landing light discovered inoperative. Engine quit, forced landing off side of runway.

As the FAA filed it

ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND AFTER LANDING LIGHT DISCOVERED INOPERATIVE. ENGINE QUIT, FORCED LANDING OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY.