# Accident 19940807020469A: Piper PA28140, Twin Pines, NJ, August 7, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1994
- Place: Twin Pines, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Aircraft: N5758F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5758F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC94LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA157) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940807020469A

## Narrative

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

PLANE DEPARTED GRASS STRIP THAT WAS MOWED AND WET, ABORTED TAKEOFF COULD NOT STOP, SKIDDED OFF END OF RUNWAY. (.19) ON AUGUST 7, 1994 AT 1315 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, N5758F, A PIPER PA-28-150 AIRPLANE, A PERSONAL FLIGHT, OVERRAN RUNWAY 30 AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH DURING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF AT TWIN PINES AIRPORT, PENNINGTON, NEW JERSEY.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED .  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE DESTINATION WAS BLAIRSTOWN, NEW JERSEY.  THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR 91.  THE PILOT REPORTED TAKEOFF ON A 2200 FOOT GRASS STRIP THAT 'WAS WET AND RECENTLY MOWED."  HE STATED: "WHEN ROTATION WAS ATTEMPTED THE PLANE FAILED TO ROTATE.  BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND PWER REDUCED.  THE PLANE SKIDDED OFF END OF RUNWAY."  THE PILOT HAD 128 HOURS OF TOTAL TIME, INCLUDING 99 HOURS IN TYPE.

## 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 NYC94LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA157), Aug 7, 1994: Piper PA-28 (N5758F), Pennington, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged distance and speed during an aborted takeoff which resulted in an overrun. A contributing factor was the wet grass.

## Other reports on N5758F (1)

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

- [Incident 20030920031699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030920031699I), Sep 20, 2003: Piper PA28140 (N5758F), Pennington, NJ, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot aborted takeoff on a wet grass strip. Aircraft lifted off too FAR down runway. Aircraft landed in soy bean field to prevent coming in contact with…

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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