# Accident 19990529006219A: Piper PA28140, Manville, NJ, May 29, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1999, 15:45 local time
- Place: Manville, NJ
- Airport: Central Jersey Regnl Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5244° N, 74.5983° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5244&lon=-74.5983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98122, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98122-2013-08-21) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 119 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99FA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990529006219A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ON DEPARTURE ON RWY 25 GAINED 300FT AND DESCENDED AND CRASHED 1/2 MILES OFF THE END OF RWY, THE TWO PERSONS ON BOARD SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 25 AT 47N AND WAS OBSERVED BY A WITNESS TO CLIMB TO APPROX. 200 FEET, AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP AND DESCENDED INTO TREES. AIRCRAFT LANDED INVERTED AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED.  (.4) THE PILOT COULD NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE STARTER TO ENGAGE, SO HE RADIOED FOR ASSISTANCE.  THE PILOT WAS THEN TOLD TO ROTATE THE IGNITION SWITCH ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT, AND THEN PUSH IN.  THE STARTER ENGAGED.  THE PILOT THEN TAXIED TO THE RUNWAY, PREFORMED A RUN-UP CHECK, AND DEPARTED.  AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE, THE AIRPLANE ASSUMED A 10 TO 15 DEGREE CLIMB ATTITUDE, AND TURNED LEFT 20 DEGREES FOR NOISE ABATEMENT.  ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, AFTER COMPLETING THE TURN AND REACHING APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL, THE AIRPLANE STALLED. THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE PITCHED UP AND DOWN, BUT NEVER WENT BELOW THE HORIZON.  THE AIRPLANE'S RIGHT WING THEN IMPACTED A TREE, ROLLED INVERTED, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE.  NO PRE-IMPACT  FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS WERE DISCOVERED DURING THE EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE. THE PILOT HAD LOGGED A TOTAL OF 117 HOURS OF FLIGHT EXPERIENCE AND WAS SIGNED OFF IN THE 180 HORSEPOWER PIPER PA-28-180 APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.  NO DOCUMENTATION WAS DISCOVERED THAT INDICATED THE PILOT HAD ANY FLIGHT EXPERIENCE IN THE 140 HORSEPOWER PA-28-140.

## 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 NYC99FA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA125), May 29, 1999: Piper PA-28-140 (N98122), Hillsborough, NJ, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. A factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in the accident airplane's make and model.

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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