# NTSB NYC82DA215: Boeing A75N1, N23807, Bridgeport, NJ, September 5, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 5, 1982, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Bridgeport, NJ
- Location: 39.8009° N, 75.3469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bridgeport, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8009&lon=-75.3469&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 5, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70028
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DA215
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70028/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA215

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 75-2529
- Airframe hours: 4728
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 59; 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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