- Date
- June 27, 1984, 20:10 local (Jun 28, 1984, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln Park, NJ
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4342TPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840627070439A
- Case key
- 35351
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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
The acft collided with the ground shortly after takeoff. A following acft plt said the acft was slow and long on takeoffroll and stayed low after takeoff. The acft made a 90 degree right turn and then a 270 degree left turn and was about lined up to land downwind when it drifted off to the right and went down. Post accident investigation revealed no malfunctions of the engine. Weather conditions were conducive to carburetor icing and this acft had just had a long ground taxi and hold for takeoff. Witnesses heard the engine 'sputtering' and cutting in and out before the crash.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4342T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7105226
- Airframe hours
- 2,600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Las Americas Aviation Center
- Registered owner
- Carlos Cabrera
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Lincoln Park, NJ
- Airport
- N07 · Lincoln Park, runway 19, 2,600 × 40 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 250 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CDW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4342T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.