# NTSB NYC70A0022: Piper PA-28R, N3853T, Ocean City, NJ, August 7, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 7, 1969
- Place: Ocean City, NJ · OCEAN CITY, NJ
- Location: 39.2693° N, 74.6014° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ocean City, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2693&lon=-74.6014&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 12, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165132
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC70A0022
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC70A0022

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2688   69/8/7    OCEAN CITY,NJ       PIPER PA-28R        CR-  0  0  2  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 243
        TIME - 1930                    N3853T              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 42 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEAN CITY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          OCEAN CITY,NJ               OCEAN CITY,NJ                OCEAN CITY,NJ
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING
        REMARKS- L WING TIP STRUCK PERSON ON RWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3853T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3853T-2011-06-17), registration cancelled 2011-06-17, S/N 28R-30175, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (registry code 7102809) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ocean City

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.

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