- Date
- September 30, 1982, 20:26 local (Oct 1, 1982, 00:26 UTC)
- Place
- Hackettstown, NJ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8478WPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820930062819A
- Case key
- 70935
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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.
Analysis
A private pilot (foreign national) was occupying the left front seat while a certified flight instructor (CFI) was in the right front seat. The aircraft was on a flight to Hackettstown, NJ where the CFI and a passenger planned to deplane, then the private pilot and another passenger planned to continue to teterboro, NJ. During arrival at Hackettstown, the CFI requested to take control of the aircraft and the private pilot agreed. While landing on runway 05 in calm wind conditions, the aircraft touched down in the first 1/3 of the runway. After touching down, the CFI went to apply brakes, only to find that his side was not equipped with foot brakes. He requested that the private pilot apply brakes, but the private pilot questioned the request. By this time, the CFI had raised the flaps, then repeated his demand for the private pilot to apply brakes. The CFI reached for the hand brake, but too late to stop on the runway. The plane continued off the end & hit dirt mounds where the gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8478W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-2720
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Enginaires Aero Club, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Enginaires Aero Club, Inc.
- Departed
- AGC · Allegheny Co., PA
- Destination
- Teterboro, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- NO5 · Hackettstown, runway 5, 2,200 × 60 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,927 total · 200 in this make and model · 2,655 as pilot in command · 220 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.