NYC74IN080

NTSB incident investigation · Piper PA-28 · Toms River, NJ · March 15, 1974

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
March 15, 1974
Place
Toms River, NJ · TOMS RIVER, NJ
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N5197SPiper PA-28
Status
Completed · report April 22, 1974
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
173505

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0005  74/3/15    TOMS RIVER,NJ       PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  2  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 55, 566
        TIME - 2100                    N5197S              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RJ MILLER AIRPARK
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ATLANTIC CITY,NJ            TOMS RIVER,NJ
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: ANIMALS                                   LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
        REMARKS- DARK NIGHT.WOODED AREA ARND ARPT,NO PERIMETER FENCE TO KEEP DEER OFF ARPT PROPERTY.

Aircraft

Registration
N5197S
Reported as
Piper PA-28
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Minor damage
Airport
Rj Miller Airpark

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.