# Accident 19850914045609A: Piper PA28140, Hamburg, NJ, September 14, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1985, 14:17 local time
- Place: Hamburg, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1499° N, 74.5712° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hamburg, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1499&lon=-74.5712&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7188R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,250 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC85FA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA241) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850914045609A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES IN 30 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. SUSPECT HEART ATTACK. HISTORY OF EPILEPTIC SEIZURES.

## 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 NYC85FA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA241), Sep 14, 1985: Piper PA-28-140 (N7188R), Hamburg, 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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