- Date
- January 27, 1975
- Place
- Caldwell, NJ · CALDWELL, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4342TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750127001679A
- Case key
- 147402
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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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0235 75/1/27 CALDWELL,NJ PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 60, 38 TOTAL TIME - 1450 N4342T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALDWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ CALDWELL,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4342T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Caldwell
N4342TRegistration cancelled Oct 14, 2014 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4342T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC84FA224Accident · 4 fatalField investigationFinal reportLincoln Park, NJThe acft collided with the ground shortly after takeoff. A following acft plt said the acft was slow and long on takeoffroll and stayed low after takeoff. The acft made a 90 degree right turn and then a 270 degree left turn and was about lined up to land…NTSB NYC79DNC34Accident · No injuriesClosedVinalhaven, VT