# Accident 19931122046459A: Piper J2PIPER, Pittstown, NJ, November 22, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 1993, 16:00 local time
- Place: Pittstown, NJ
- Airport: Sky Manor Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5659° N, 74.9793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKY MANOR (N40), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5659&lon=-74.9793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19565, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19565-2021-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J-2 (registry code 7100402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A40 series (registry code 17001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a40-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J2PIPER
- Reported engine: CONT A404
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 879 total, 27 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO94LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931122046459A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK A TREE 100 FEET SHORT AND OFFSIDE OF RUNWAY TURNING FINAL TO  LAND. BLINDED BY SUN THROUGH PROP BLADES.

## 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 BFO94LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA016), Nov 22, 1993: Taylorcraft J-2 (N19565), Pittstown, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN A PROPER GLIDEPATH. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PRESENCE OF SUNGLARE.

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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