# Accident 19910921042459A: Piper PA28161, Hacketts Town, NJ, September 21, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1991, 13:45 local time
- Place: Hacketts Town, NJ
- Airport: Hacketts Town Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8201° N, 74.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HACKETTSTOWN (N05), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8201&lon=-74.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43744, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43744-1995-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 120 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC91LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA245) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910921042459A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO STOP ON RUNWAY. TRIED TO GROUND LOOP BUT SLID OFF END SIDEWAYS. DROPPED DOWN EMBANKMENT TO A ROAD.

## 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 NYC91LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA245), Sep 21, 1991: Piper PA-28-161 (N43744), Hackettstown, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO ACHIEVE THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN SPOT AND EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED WHICH RESULTED IN AN OVERRUN. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAKE A GO-AROUND…

## Other reports on N43744 (1)

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

- [Incident 19890323023689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890323023689I), Mar 23, 1989: Piper PA28161 (N43744), Allentown, PA. Experienced a rough engine after takeoff. Returned to field. Landed safely. Unable to duplicate malfunction.

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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