# Incident 19880403017169I: Piper PA28181, Caldwell, NJ, April 3, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1988, 22:20 local time
- Place: Caldwell, NJ
- Airport: Essex County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8752° N, 74.2814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESSEX COUNTY (CDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8752&lon=-74.2814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3024C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3024C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 80 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880403017169I

## Narrative

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

STRUCK SOME TREES WHILE ATTEMPTING A LOC RUNWAY 22 APPROACH TO AIRPORT. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N3024C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20160624009839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160624009839A), Jun 24, 2016: Piper PA-28-181 (N3024C), Poughkeepsie, NY, Substantial damage. On 6/24/2016 at 1138 EDT, N3024C, a Piper PA-28-181, s/n 28-7990149, registered to cash management consulting LLC, experienced a collapsed left main landing…

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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