# Accident 20240220002899A: Piper PA-28-180, Farmingdale, NY, February 20, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2024, 11:43 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Farmingdale
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7181° N, 73.4078° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7181&lon=-73.4078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33667, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33667) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 100 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240220002899A

## Narrative

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

ON 02/20/24 AT APPROXIMATELY 1141L (1641Z), A SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT, VFR, PA-28-180, FORCE LANDED ON THE EASTBOUND LANE OF SOUTHERN STATE PARKWAY SOUTH OF REPUBLIC AIRPORT, FARMINGDALE, NY. THERE WERE 2 SOB AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER PART 91 AS INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WITH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD WITH A STUDENT PILOT WORKING TOWARDS HIS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE.

## 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 ERA24LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA116), Feb 20, 2024: Piper PA-28-180 (N33667), Farmingdale, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s lack of fuel management during the flight and the flight instructor’s inadequate monitoring of his student’s fuel management, resulting in fuel starvation and a forced landing to…

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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