# Incident 19960805020879I: Piper PA28181, Newton, NJ, August 5, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1996, 11:30 local time
- Place: Newton, NJ
- Airport: Newton Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0273° N, 74.7585° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Newton Airport (3N5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0273&lon=-74.7585&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47436, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47436-2024-04-21) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 8 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960805020879I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 5, 1996 AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 LOCAL TIME, PIPER, PA28-181, N47436 LANDED LONG ON RUNWAY 6 (3N5). PILOT STATED HE WAS MAKING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO QUANTITY OF FUEL REMAINING. (SEE PILOT STATEMENT). FAA INSPECTOR CHECKED FUEL AND FOUND 10 GALLONS IN THE LEFT FUEL TANK, RIGHT FUEL TANK HAD FUEL THAT COULD BE DRAINED AT THE QUICK DRAIN. AIRCRAFT LANDED, NO INJURIES, NO FIRE. AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. NTSB DOWNGRADED TO AN INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED. PILOT STATEMENT: I APPROACHED RUNWAY 6 AT NEWTON AIRPORT AT ABOUT 70 KTS. ON MY APPROACH TO FINAL I LOOKED AT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS RUNWAY MARKINGS FOR THE THRESHOLD OF THE BEGINNING OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER TOUCHDOWN I APPLIED FULL BRAKING AND REALIZED THE AIRPLANE WASN'T GOING TO STOP IN TIME. THE PLANE VEERED INTO THE BUSHES AND OVER THE EMBANKMENT. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, NO ONE WAS HURT. AFTER I GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT YOU CAN SEE MORE LANDING SPACE BEHIND THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WAS AVAILABLE.

## Other reports on N47436 (1)

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

- [Incident 19800312033479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800312033479I), Mar 12, 1980: Piper PA28151 (N47436), Midlothian, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft lost all electrical power.

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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