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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · West Milford, NJ · February 16, 2004

Date: February 16, 2004 · 14:45 local
Place: West Milford, NJ
Airport: Greenwood Lake Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N9938W
Reported as: Piper PA28140
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 125 total33 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N9938WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-23482 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) On this day Mr. Peter styczek, a private pilot, contacted the williamsport fss for a weather briefing. His plan was a VFR flight cross country from the orange country airport (mgj) to the Greenwood Lake Airport (4N1). While attempting to land on runway 6 a cross wind condition existed. Upon touch down experienced a loss of directional control of the aircraft, veered off the runway hitting a snow bank and that caused the nose landing gear to collapse and damaged the propeller blade. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON THIS DAY MR. PETER STYCZEK, A PRIVATE PILOT, CONTACTED THE WILLIAMSPORT FSS FOR A WEATHER BRIEFING. HIS PLAN WAS A VFR FLIGHT CROSS COUNTRY FROM THE ORANGE COUNTRY AIRPORT (MGJ) TO THE GREENWOOD LAKE AIRPORT (4N1). WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 6 A CROSS WIND CONDITION EXISTED. UPON TOUCH DOWN EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY HITTING A SNOW BANK AND THAT CAUSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND DAMAGED THE PROPELLER BLADE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^