# Accident 20090531010669A: Piper PA28181, Caldwell, NJ, May 31, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2009, 17:38 local time
- Place: Caldwell, NJ
- Airport: Essex County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8753° N, 74.2814° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8753&lon=-74.2814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N811SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N811SA-2021-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA322) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090531010669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF LEFT DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 22, STRUCK AND SEVERED A RUNWAY LIGHT.  DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO LEFT INBOARD FLAP AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILATOR.  PILOT DECIDED TO GO-AROUND AND LAND ON RUNWAY 28.  PILOT STATED TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL THAT THE "PEDAL WAS STUCK", CAUSING A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

## 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 ERA09CA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA322), May 31, 2009: Piper PA-28-181 (N811SA), Caldwell, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to ensure that he could operate the rudder pedals without…

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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