# Accident 19800614023929A: Piper PA23, Somerville, NJ, June 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1980, 16:45 local time
- Place: Somerville, NJ
- Airport: Solberg
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5697° N, 74.6077° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Somerville, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5697&lon=-74.6077&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1442P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1442P-2013-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 994 total, 138 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FHA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FHA23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800614023929A

## Narrative

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

HIGH SINK RATE ON APPROACH NOT REDUCED ON LEVEL-OFF. HARD LANDING DAMAGED AIRPLANE.

## 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 NYC80FHA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FHA23), Jun 14, 1980: Piper PA-23 (N1442P), Somerville, NJ, substantial damage

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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