- Date
- October 6, 1968
- Place
- Rio Grande, NJ · RIO GRANDE, NJ
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192153
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4763 68/10/6 RIO GRANDE,NJ MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 327 TIME - 1630 N6240U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 88 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 3 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPE MAY COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: ONE AIRBORNE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- R LDG GEAR OF N1870J HIT L SIDE OF N6240U.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4763 68/10/6 RIO GRANDE,NJ PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N1870J PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 67, 13018 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 HOURS, 825 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPE MAY COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: ONE AIRBORNE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- R LDG GEAR OF N1870J HIT L SIDE OF N6240U.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1870J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cape May County
N1870JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N6240U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cape May County
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.