19790820029909A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Atlantic City, NJ · August 20, 1979

Date
August 20, 1979 · 10:50 local
Place
Atlantic City, NJ
Airport
Bader
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6968Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC79FHD20
Reported as
Piper PA23250
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
215 total71 in this make and model24 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.

Cabin door opened on takeoff roll. Pilot aborted takeoff. Unable to stop on runway, ran off end into rocks.

As the FAA filed it

CABIN DOOR OPENED ON TAKEOFF ROLL. PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF. UNABLE TO STOP ON RUNWAY, RAN OFF END INTO ROCKS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.