# NTSB NYC84LA182: Piper PA-28, N33746, Marlboro, NJ, May 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 22, 1984, 17:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place: Marlboro, NJ
- Location: 39.4871° N, 75.3246° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marlboro, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4871&lon=-75.3246&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35565
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA182
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35565/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA182

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

THE PILOT ABORTED HIS TAKEOFF WHEN HE NOTED INSUFFICIENT ACCELERATION, BUT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAYM THRU A DITCH AND ONTO RAILROAD TRACKS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N33746](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33746), registered now, S/N 28-7505175, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7505175
- Airframe hours: 1289
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360A4AC 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Marlboro Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 1983, 93 hours before
- Departed: MARLBORO, NJ
- Airport: 2N8, Marlboro, runway 9, 2,170 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 500 total, 500 in this make and model, 320 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F
- 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 19840522018429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840522018429A), May 22, 1984: Piper PA28180, Matawan, NJ, Substantial damage. Unable to obtain timely liftoff speed on takeoff. Aborted too late and ran off end of runway into a railroad 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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