39.0084° N, 74.9085° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at CAPE MAY COUNTY (WWD), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
June 15, 1985 · 10:45 local
Place
Wildwood, NJ
Airport
Cape May County Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2585D
Reported as
Piper PA38112
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
34 total34 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Student porpoised on landing. Propeller struck runway and nose wheel separated aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT PORPOISED ON LANDING. PROPELLER STRUCK RUNWAY AND NOSE WHEEL SEPARATED AIRCRAFT.