- Date
- September 5, 1982, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bridgeport, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N23807Boeing A75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70028
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Undershoot
Distance - misjudgedCause
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Nose over
Analysis
Reportedly, the aircraft was substantially damage when it was landed short of the runway. The right main wheel collided with a small ditch and failed. The aircraft then flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23807
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-2529
- Airframe hours
- 4,728
- Engine
- Lycoming R-680-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul J. Di Matteo
- Registered owner
- Paul J. Di Matteo
- Departed
- Alloway, NJ
- Destination
- Lewiston, ME
- Airport
- N83 · Bridgeport, runway 34, 2,200 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 11 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 172 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg