- Date
- March 14, 1976
- Place
- Pittstown, NJ · PITTSTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N16257Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760314003979A
- Case key
- 153145
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0543 76/3/14 PITTSTOWN,NJ PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 174 TIME - 1430 N16257 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 165 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY MANOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAMMONTON,NJ PITTSTOWN,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- LOST POWER IN TRAFFIC PATTERN LANDED SHORT,HIT FENCE,ENGINE STARTED AND RAN OK AFTER ACCIDENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16257
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sky Manor
N16257Registered now · 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.