# Accident 19850808037739A: Piper PA28161, Cape May/Wildwo, NJ, August 8, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1985, 21:40 local time
- Place: Cape May/Wildwo, NJ
- Airport: Cape May County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0084° N, 74.9085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPE MAY COUNTY (WWD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0084&lon=-74.9085&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3462M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 305 total, 117 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC85FA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA205) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850808037739A

## Narrative

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

PITCHED NOSE DOWN ABRUPTLY DURING A NIGHT FLIGHT OVER WATER. AIRCRAFT PARTS FOUND. RESULTS OF TOXICOLOGY NEGATIVE.

## 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 NYC85FA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA205), Aug 9, 1985: Piper PA-28-161 (N3462M), Cape May, NJ, destroyed, 1 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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