# Accident 20130705012789A: Piper PA-28-140, Blairstown, NJ, July 5, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2013, 11:35 local time
- Place: Blairstown, NJ
- Airport: Blairstown Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9694° N, 74.9917° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9694&lon=-74.9917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1441T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1441T-2014-10-28) (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 PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13CA316](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA316) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130705012789A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 5, 2013 AT 1135 LOCAL N1441T A PIPER PA-28-140 ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF AND DEPARTURE FROM BLAIRSTOWN NJ, 1N7 RUNWAY 25. WITNESSES AT THE AIRPORT STATED THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED TO A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE AT ABOUT 1000 FEET OF TAKEOFF ROLL, NEVER GAINING MORE THAN 50 FEET IN ALTITUDE. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE TREE LINE 249 DEGREES AND 2,985 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 25 WITNESSES STATED THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED NOSE UP TO THE POINT THE TOP OF THE ENGINE COWLING AND WINGS COULD BE SEEN. THE AIRCRAFT CLEARED THE TREES, STALLED AND LANDED IN THE FRONT YARD OF A HOME CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. WITNESSES AND THE PILOT STATED THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE AND IT APPEARED TO BE MAKING FULL POWER. THE PILOT STATED THE ?STALL WARNING LIGHT? WAS ON WHEN HE PITCHED UP TO AVOID THE TREES BUT COULD NOT RECALL EXACTLY WHEN IT WAS ACTIVATED. PREFLIGHT PLANNING BY THE PIC SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT WEIGHT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AT 2,084 LBS. MAX GROSS WEIGHT FOR THE AIRCRAFT IS 2,150 LBS.

NEAREST METAR AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS K12N AEROFLEX-ANDOVER AIRPORT 12NM  AT 259 DEGREES.

2013-07-05 051454Z  AUTO  VRB03KT   28/22  A3022  RMK  A02 SLP 222 T02830222 58006  PWINO

PERFORMANCE CHARTS FOR THE AIRCRAFT SHOW THE AIRCRAFT REQUIRED MORE THAN THE AMOUNT OF RUNWAY USED AT THE CURRENT DENSITY ALTITUDE/WEIGHT.

## 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 ERA13CA316](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA316), Jul 5, 2013: Piper PA-28-140 (N1441T), Blairstown, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight's encounter with a downdraft from a ridge shortly after takeoff resulting in a loss of lift and collision with terrain during an uncontrolled descent.

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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