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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Princeton/Rocky, NJ · August 5, 2001

Date
August 5, 2001 · 16:30 local
Place
Princeton/Rocky, NJ
Airport
Princeton Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8149L
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total900 in this make and model38 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot's inability to divide his attention lead him to land on a new runway under construction which was just north of actual runway. Pilot landed, braked, saw barricades and decided to take off. During liftoff aircraft made contact with two of the barricades.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT'S INABILITY TO DIVIDE HIS ATTENTION LEAD HIM TO LAND ON A NEW RUNWAY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHICH WAS JUST NORTH OF ACTUAL RUNWAY. PILOT LANDED, BRAKED, SAW BARRICADES AND DECIDED TO TAKE OFF. DURING LIFTOFF AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH TWO OF THE BARRICADES.