# NTSB NYC84LA297: Piper PA-601P, N18ZZ, Teterboro, NJ, August 23, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 23, 1984, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Teterboro, NJ
- Location: 40.8501° N, 74.0608° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TETERBORO (TEB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8501&lon=-74.0608&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35754
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA297
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35754/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA297

## Sequence of events

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

- Main gear collapsed, taxi - to takeoff
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Analysis

ACFT WAS CLEARED TO TAXI TO THE RWY. TAXIWAY WAS BLOCKED BY CONSTRUCTION. PLT ELECTED TO TAXI TO RUNUP AREA TO MAKE A 180 DEG TURN. PLT TURNED RIGHT AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR WENT OFF PAVEMENT ONTO THE SOFT SHOULDER AND COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N18ZZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-601P
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 610-0399-138
- Airframe hours: 1152
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-450-S1A5 290 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jaz Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 1, 1984, 88 hours before
- Destination: HTO, EAST HAMPTON, NY
- Airport: TEB, Teterboro

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: front; flight hours: 700 total, 600 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840823070409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840823070409A), Aug 23, 1984: Piper PA60601P, Teterboro, NJ, Substantial damage. Taxiway was blocked. During taxi through the runup area, right landing gear got onto soft shoulder and collapsed.

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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