# NTSB NYC85LA202: Piper PA-28-161, N21521, Wildwood, NJ, August 5, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 5, 1985, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Wildwood, NJ
- Location: 39.0084° N, 74.9085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPE MAY COUNTY (WWD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0084&lon=-74.9085&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35938
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA202
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35938/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA202

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff - roll/run
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - all available runway - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vlof) - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

N21521 TAXIED ONTO RUNWAY 10 AT THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 14 AFTER OBSERVING ANOTHER AIRCRAFT TAXI AND TAKE OFF FROM THAT POINT. N21521 DID NOT ATTAIN SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED FOR TAKEOFF PRIOR TO RUNNING OUT OF AVAILABLE RUNWAY. THE PILOT DID NOT APPLY HARD BRAKING TO AVOID NOSING OVER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT STOPPED PRIOR TO COLLIDING WITH A FENCE ON THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY. THE LENGTH FROM THE INTERSECTION TO THE END OF RUNWAY 10 IS ABOUT 850 FEET.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N21521](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21521-2012-08-24), registration cancelled 2012-08-24, S/N 28-7916045, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (registry code 7102803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 287916045
- Airframe hours: 21525
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D3G 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Harry M. Berman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 12, 1985, 7,663 hours before
- Airport: WWD, Cape May Co., runway 10, 4,999 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 89 total, 89 in this make and model, 43 as pilot in command, 43 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: WWD

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.