# Incident 20110404004769I: Piper PA-28-161, Rockaway Beach, NY, April 4, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2011, 19:00 local time
- Place: Rockaway Beach, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N132ND, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N132ND-2018-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 241 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110404004769I

## Narrative

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

JASON MALONEY DEPARTED REPUBLIC AIRPORT IN FARMINGDALE, NY AND FLEW WESTBOUND ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE LINE. APPROXIMATELY 14 MILES EAST OF JOHN F. KENNEDY AIRPORT (JFK), MR. MALONEY ESTABLISHED RADIO CONTACT WITH JFK TOWER AND WAS APPROVED TO OPERATE AT OR BELOW 500 FEET ABOVE THE WATER IN UNCONTROLLED AIRSPACE.  AS MR. MALONEY GOT CLOSER TO JFK, HE ASKED THE CONTROLLER IF LANDING ON THE BEACH IS ALLOWED.  MR. MALONEY WAS ADVISED THAT THE BEACHES ARE PUBLIC AND CAN ONLY BE USED IN AN EMERGENCY.  SHORTLY AFTER, MR. MALONEY INFORMED THE CONTROLLER THAT HIS ENGINE MIGHT BE RUNNING ROUGH AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING.  IN MR. MALONEY'S NEXT TRANSMISSION, HE STATED THAT HE HAD A SICK PASSENGER AND LANDED ON THE BEACH WITHOUT DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.  SINCE THIS INCIDENT, THE ENGINE HAS BEEN INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY.

## Other reports on N132ND (2)

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

- [Accident 20020928026739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020928026739A), Sep 28, 2002: Piper PA28161 (N132ND), Spokane, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) During flight training, aircraft made hard landing when student allowed airspeed to decay while about 10 feet in air. A/c landed left main landing gear…
- [Incident 19940526032229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940526032229I), May 26, 1994: Piper PA28161 (N132ND), Grand Forks, ND. Ran off side of runway landing.

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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