# Accident 19840916070419A: Piper PA32R300, Linden, NJ, September 16, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1984, 21:18 local time
- Place: Linden, NJ
- Airport: Linen
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6174° N, 74.2446° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6174&lon=-74.2446&mi=10
- Aircraft: N478KT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 764 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC84FA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA314) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840916070419A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK UTILITY POLE ON FINAL. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED WITH WING SEPARATED. OBSTRUCTION LIGHT NOT LIT.

## 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 NYC84FA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA314), Sep 17, 1984: Piper PA-32R-300 (N478KT), Linden, NJ, destroyed, 6 fatal

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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