# NTSB NYC82DA239: Piper PA-28-180, N8478W, Hackettstown, NJ, October 1, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 30, 1982, 20:26 local (Oct 1, 1982, 00:26 UTC)
- Place: Hackettstown, NJ
- Location: 40.8537° N, 74.8249° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hackettstown, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8537&lon=-74.8249&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 30, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70935
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DA239
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70935/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA239

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - brakes(emergency) - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - crew/group coordination - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - instructions,written/verbal - not understood, copilot/second pilot (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8478W-1983-03-19), registration cancelled 1983-03-19, S/N 28-2720 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-2720
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820930062819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820930062819A), Sep 30, 1982: Piper PA28180, Hackettstown, NJ, Substantial damage. Instructor did not have brakes available on right side and aircraft ran off end of runway through ditch.

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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