# Incident 19990325015559I: Piper PA28161, Old Bridge, NJ, March 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1999, 13:30 local time
- Place: Old Bridge, NJ
- Airport: Old Bridge Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3299° N, 74.3468° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OLD BRIDGE (3N6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3299&lon=-74.3468&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31202, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31202-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 93 total, 12 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990325015559I

## Narrative

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

A NORMAL PREFLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED AND WAS CONSIDERED THROUGH INCLUDING A WEATHER BRIEFING FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. INDICATED GUSTY WINDS AND A SEVERE CROSSWORD CONDITION AT OLD BRIDGE AIRPORT. SHORTLY FOLLOWING TAKE -OFF PIELECTED TO RETURN FOR LANDING BECAUSE OF TURBULENT CONDITIONS. AIRCRAFT ENTERED A LEFT HAND PATTERN. CENTER LINE WAS OVERSHOT AND A CORRECTION WAS MADE BACK TO CENTER LINE TO TOUCHDOWN. APPROACH WAS MADE AT 80 KNOTS. TOUCHDOWN AS IN THE SECOND HALF OF AVAILABLE USEABLE RUNWAY WITH EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED. SEVERE BREAKING WAS CONDUCTED (TIRE SKID MARKS) FOR LAST NINE HUNDRED FEET OF RUNWAY. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATE LEFT TURNOFF AT END OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED AND RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK RUNWAY END LIGHT DAMAGING SAME AS WELL AS TO THE RIGHT WING TIP AND THE RIGHT AILERON. THE NOSE STRUT WAS BENT APPROX. 45 DEGREES AND WAS LATER REMOVED BY HACK SAW FOR EASY HANDLING OF DAMAGED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N31202 (1)

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

- [Accident 20161223022799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161223022799A), Dec 23, 2016: Piper PA-28-161 (N31202), Middlebury, VT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Witness reported that after takeoff the engine was "sputtering", then ?looped in a counter-clockwise direction? And was ?going down fast.? Upon inspection of…

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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