- Date
- August 20, 1979
- Place
- Atlantic, NJ · ATLANTIC, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6968YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790820029909A
- Case key
- 133767
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3564 79/8/20 ATLANTIC,NJ PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 215 TIME - 1050 N6968Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BADER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTIC,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- PIC ABORTED TAKEOFF WHEN CABIN DOOR POPPED OPEN.AIRCRAFT RAN OFF RUNWAY INTO ROCK PILE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6968Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bader Field
N6968YRegistration cancelled Aug 20, 2013 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.