# Incident 19800328032719I: Piper PA28140, Montague, NJ, March 28, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1980, 07:00 local time
- Place: Montague, NJ
- Airport: Zitone
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3164° N, 74.7384° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Zitone Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3164&lon=-74.7384&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5803U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5803U-2017-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800328032719I

## Narrative

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

DURING TURN-AROUND AFTER LANDING, THE NOSE WHEEL LEFT RUNWAY. PROPELLER DAMAGED. POSSIBLY ALCOHOL RELATED.

## Other reports on N5803U (1)

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

- [Accident 19860811038649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860811038649A), Aug 11, 1986: Piper PA28140 (N5803U), Sussex, NJ, Substantial damage. Upper cabin door unlocked on climbout returned. Went around due traffic. Downdraft. Hit wires. Sheared off a wing.

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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