- Date
- August 20, 1984, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Caldwell, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4314LPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840820070449A
- Case key
- 35740
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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 hit the surface of the water during a low pass which was described by a witness as 10-30 ft AGL & done in a series of passes with 'wings wobbling' until the pass that damaged the gear & wing causing the plt & acft to depart the area. Upon returning to departure arpt the acft was landing & the nose gear & rt main gear collapsed. Prior to landing the gear strut was protruding thru the top of the rt wing giving the plt a visual clue of the damage to the acfts undercarriage. After the gear finished collapsing on the rwy, the acft skidded off the side further damaging the rt wing, rt gear, rt flap, prop, nose gear and cowling.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4314L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8316107
- Airframe hours
- 344
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Macdan Aviation Corp.
- Registered owner
- Githeo Airship, Ltd. Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 30, 1984 · 81 hours before
- Airport
- CDW · Essex County, runway 4, 4,553 × 80 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 115 total · 21 in this make and model · 63 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.