# Accident 19810807050819A: Piper PA28R200, Robbinsville, NJ, August 7, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1981, 15:40 local time
- Place: Robbinsville, NJ
- Airport: Trenton Robbinsvi
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2146° N, 74.6193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Robbinsville, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2146&lon=-74.6193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3978X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3978X-2018-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 461 total, 153 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81DHD35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81DHD35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810807050819A

## Narrative

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

LEVELED OFF TOO HIGH ON LANDING BOUNCED AND CAME DOWN ON NOSE WHEEL. IMPACT COLLAPSED NOSE WHEEL. OTHER DAMAGE.

## 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 NYC81DHD35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81DHD35), Aug 7, 1981: Piper PA-28R (N3978X), Robbinsville, 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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