# Incident 19830208048419I: Piper PA24250, Pomona, NJ, February 8, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1983, 19:07 local time
- Place: Pomona, NJ
- Airport: Pomona
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4688° N, 74.5502° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pomona, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4688&lon=-74.5502&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5289P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5289P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,680 total, 1,680 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/19830208048419I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL. LANDED GEAR UP SHORT OF RUNWAY. RUBBER FUEL CELL HAD COLLAPSED. AD ON FUEL CELL VENTING.

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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