# Accident 19790319010339A: Piper PA28140, Pittstown, NJ, March 19, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1979, 09:30 local time
- Place: Pittstown, NJ
- Airport: Alexandria Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5876° N, 75.0194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALEXANDRIA (N85), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5876&lon=-75.0194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N526FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N526FL-1981-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 35,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790319010339A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. STUDENT OBSERVED INSTRUCTOR REACH FOR FUEL SELECTOR. CRASHED INTO TREES. CAUSE UNDETRMINED

## 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 NYC79FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA031), Mar 19, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N526FL), Pittstown, NJ, substantial damage, 1 fatal

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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