# Accident 20230305022149A: Piper PA-28-161, North Lindenhur, NY, March 5, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2023, 14:59 local time
- Place: North Lindenhur, NY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Location: 40.7123° N, 73.3900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7123&lon=-73.3900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8149R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8149R) (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: 1
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23FA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23FA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230305022149A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 5, 2023, AT 1459 LOCAL, THE PILOT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PA-28-161 SINGLE ENGINE PISTON AIRCRAFT CONTACTED FRG TOWER WITH A REPORT OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. FRG CONTROLLER CLEARED AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 32.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE OUT, EAST OF RUNWAY 32 WHEN HE RADIO IN TO TOWER A MAY DAY DESTRESS CALL OF FIRE. SHORTLY AFTER, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES AND TERRAIN, CRASHED LANDED AND COMPLETELY BURNED IN NORTH LINDENHURST, NY WHILE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 32 AT THE FARMINGDALE-REPUBLIC AIRPORT, NY.

THERE WAS 3 SOB, THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO STONY BROOK HOSPITAL, ONE PASSENGER WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED IN THE IMPACT SEQUENCE.

## 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 ERA23FA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23FA137), Mar 5, 2023: Piper PA-28-161 (N8149R), Lindenhurst, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An in-flight fire due to a compromised oil pressure line fitting, which resulted in a collision with terrain during a subsequent emergency landing.

## Other reports on N8149R (1)

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

- [Incident 19870211013029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870211013029I), Feb 11, 1987: Piper PA28161 (N8149R), Fire Island, NY. CFI was unable to restore power after a simulated forced landing. Landed on a beach. No malfunctions found.

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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