# Incident 19981009028919I: Piper PA34200, Caldwell, NJ, October 9, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1998, 18:03 local time
- Place: Caldwell, NJ
- Airport: Essex County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8752° N, 74.2814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESSEX COUNTY (CDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8752&lon=-74.2814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N800JK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N800JK-2007-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1E6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,789 total, 136 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981009028919I

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDED LONG, WAS UNABLE TO STOP, RAN OFF THE END OF THE RWY.  (-5)AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG;  RAM OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY SUSTAINING MAJOR DAMAGE.  PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS, ONE PASSENGER HAD A BRUISED KNEE.  PILOT STATED THAT SHE HAD NO BRAKES.  PILOT WAS ON A LOCALIZER APPROCAH.  WITNESS STATED THAT AIRCRAFT WAS HIGH OVER THRESHOLD, APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AND LANDED ON LAST 1/3 OF RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT WENT OVER A HILL AND INTO A BROOK.

## 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 NYC99LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA019), Oct 9, 1998: Piper PA-34-R200 (N800JK), Caldwell, NJ, destroyed. Probable cause: The failure of both the normal and emergency brake systems.

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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