# Accident 20000809043421A: Piper PA31350, Burlington, NJ, August 9, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2000, 07:52 local time
- Place: Burlington, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PFBA
- Location: 40.0788° N, 74.8525° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0788&lon=-74.8525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27944, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27944-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 9
- Pilot flight hours: 3,968 total, 1,418 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA00MA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA00MA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000809043421A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N27944, A PIPER PA-31-350 AND N2225G, A PIPER PA-44-180 COLLIDED WHILE OPERATING VFR AND NO AIR TRAFFIC WAS INVOLVED. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N2225G, Piper PA44180: [Accident 20000809043422A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000809043422A)

## 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 DCA00MA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA00MA080), Aug 9, 2000: Piper PA-31 Navajo (N27944), Burlington Twp., NJ, destroyed, 11 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of the pilots of the two airplanes to see and avoid each other and maintain proper airspace separation during visual flight rules flight.

## Other reports on N27944 (1)

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

- [Incident 20000705034309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000705034309I), Jul 5, 2000: Piper PA31350 (N27944), Binghamton, NY. (-23)On 07/05/00 aircraft N27944, departing bgm airport, during the climb out at 10,000 feet, the PIC noticed a reduction of power in the left engine and the…

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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