# Accident 19790508019639A: Piper PA28140, Bridgeport, NJ, May 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1979, 09:45 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, NJ
- Airport: Bridgeport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 39.8009° N, 75.3469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bridgeport, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8009&lon=-75.3469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56118, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56118-1991-07-08) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79DHD14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79DHD14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790508019639A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON LANDING ROLL. VEERED OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY INTO A TREE.

## 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 NYC79DHD14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79DHD14), May 8, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N56118), Bridgeport, NJ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N56118 (2)

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

- [Accident 19910525017469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910525017469A), May 25, 1991: Piper PA28140 (N56118), Flamingo, FL, Substantial damage. Engine lost power. Left wing severed by a tree on forced landing roll. NR3 exhaust valve had failed.
- [Accident 19740122001879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740122001879A), Jan 22, 1974: Piper PA28140 (N56118), West Chester, PA, Substantial damage. Turf rwy soft and muddy due spring thawing. Became airborne abt mid-field then settled back to rwy.

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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