# Incident 19911130061929I: Piper PA28140, Valley Cottage, NY, November 30, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1991, 13:30 local time
- Place: Valley Cottage, NY
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1155° N, 73.9435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valley Cottage, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1155&lon=-73.9435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N557FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N557FL-1998-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911130061929I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT REPORTED TO BE FLYING LOW OVER RESIDENCE. PILOT ADMITTED HE WAS OVER AREA AT 400 TO 500 FEET.

## Other reports on N557FL (3)

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

- [Accident 19970831024839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970831024839A), Aug 31, 1997: Piper PA28140 (N557FL), Gardiner Arpt, NY, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed into trees while trying to abort a landing attempt.
- [Incident 19851231077149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851231077149I), Dec 31, 1985: Piper PA28140 (N557FL), Farmingdale, NY. Left upper cowling came loose on the climbout. Landed safely. Not fastened properly prior to takeoff.
- [Accident 19831121067399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831121067399A), Nov 21, 1983: Piper PA28140 (N557FL), Farmingdale, NY, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing in a gusty surface wind. Side load on nose wheel caused it to collapse.

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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