# Accident 19990816012289A: Piper PA28R200, Berlin, NJ, August 16, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1999, 12:30 local time
- Place: Berlin, NJ
- Airport: Camden County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7898° N, 74.9362° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7898&lon=-74.9362&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2721R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2721R-2000-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990816012289A

## Narrative

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

ACFT MADE FORCED LANDING IN TREES AFTER A POWER FAILURE, MINOR INJURY (-23) THE PILOT STATED HE HAD COMPLETED TWO NORMAL TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS. ON THE THIRD TAKE OFF AFTER TURNING FOR LEFT BASE PRIOR TO LANDING THE ENGINES LOST ALL POWER. THE RPM DROPPED COMPLETELY AND THE PROP STARTED WIND-MILLING. HE STATED WHEN HE SAW IT WAS OBVIOUS HE WASN'T GOING TO MAKE THE AIRPORT HE ACCOMPLISHED THE EMERGENCY CHECK LIST AND PREPARED FOR A LANDING IN A WOODED AREA OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY 23. THE A/C CRASHED IN THE TREES, COMING TO REST INVERTED. THIS MATTER CONSIDERED CLOSED, SEE BLOCK 40.

## 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 NYC99LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA203), Aug 16, 1999: Piper PA-28R-200 (N2721R), Berlin, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reason(s).

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.