# NTSB NYC86LA198: Piper PA-38-112, N9359T, Farmingdale, NY, August 5, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 5, 1986, 15:39 local (19:39 UTC)
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Location: 40.7328° N, 73.3949° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7328&lon=-73.3949&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30396
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA198
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30396/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA198

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PIPER PA-38-112 HAD JUST TAKEN OFF AND WAS ON CROSSWIND WHEN IT EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS. THE PILOT LANDED IN A CEMETARY AND BOTH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED FUEL IN THE TANKS. THE ENGINE AS TEST RAN SATISFACTORILY. THE CAUSE OF THE POWER LOSS WAS NOT DETERMINED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9359T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9359T-1989-01-04), registration cancelled 1989-01-04, S/N 3878A0067 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38-112
- Registry model: [Piper PA-38-112](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (registry code 7103812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3878A0067
- Airframe hours: 1889
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 112 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Mac Carmac Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Mac Carmac Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Airport: FRG, Farmingdale, runway 19, 5,516 × 150 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 173 total, 42 in this make and model, 124 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Observed at: FRG, 1 nm away

## 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 19860805087359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860805087359A), Aug 5, 1986: Piper PA38112, Farmingdale, NY, Substantial damage. Pilot reported power loss on takeoff. Crash landed in adjacent cemetary. No cause for engine power loss found.

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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