# Incident 20040216008279I: Piper PA28140, West Milford, NJ, February 16, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2004, 14:45 local time
- Place: West Milford, NJ
- Airport: Greenwood Lake Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1284° N, 74.3465° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENWOOD LAKE (4N1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1284&lon=-74.3465&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9938W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9938W) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 33 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040216008279I

## Narrative

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

(-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^

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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