# Accident 20220909017039A: Piper PA-39, Fairfield, NJ, September 9, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2022, 11:28 local time
- Place: Fairfield, NJ
- Airport: Essex County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8752° N, 74.2814° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8752&lon=-74.2814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8925Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8925Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-39 (registry code 7103902, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-39) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-39
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,190 total, 898 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA414](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA414) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220909017039A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2022 AT 1103, AT ESSEX COUNTY AIRPORT (KCDW), FAIRFIELD NEW JERSEY, SUBJECT AIRCRAFT ABORTED TAKEOFF DUE TO AN OPEN DOOR.  SUBSEQUENTLY, SUBJECT AIRCRAFT TAXIED BACK AND ATTEMPTED TO DEPART KCDW RUNWAY 04 A SECOND TIME AND, DURING A SECOND ABORT ATTEMPT, EXITED THE END OF RUNWAY 04 INTO THE GRASS.  SKID MARKS SHOW THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ABOUT 1500 FEET COMING TO REST IN A GRASSY AREA APROXIMATELY 60 FEET OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 04.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR.

REVIEW OF THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS SHOW THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED ON MARCH 17, 2022.

## 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 ERA22LA414](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA414), Sep 9, 2022: Piper PA-39 (N8925Y), Caldwell, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s acute cerebrovascular event, which caused symptoms that diminished his situational awareness and prompted him to abort the takeoff, resulting in a runway excursion.

## Other reports on N8925Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19920201013039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920201013039I), Feb 1, 1992: Piper PA39 (N8925Y), Morristown, NJ. Landing gear malfunction on approach. Landed safely with further incident.

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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