# NTSB NYC86LA240: Piper PA-28-161, N9422C, Atlantic City, NJ, September 24, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 24, 1986, 12:06 local (16:06 UTC)
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Location: 39.3773° N, 74.4511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlantic City, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3773&lon=-74.4511&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30424
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA240
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30424/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA240

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - soft
  - terrain condition - wet

## Analysis

THE FLIGHT WAS ON APPROACH FOR LANDING WHEN ENGINE POWER WAS LOST DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A TIDAL MARSH AND NOSED OVER SLIGHTLY IN THE SOFT MARSH AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9422C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9422C-2013-07-01), registration cancelled 2013-07-01, S/N 28-7816475, 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: 28-7816475
- Airframe hours: 2107
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320D36 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Timothy D. Hodgkins
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: PWM, PORTLAND, ME
- Destination: ACY, ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,560 total, 45 in this make and model, 1,394 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 0° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Temperature: 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 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 19860924087549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860924087549A), Sep 24, 1986: Piper PA28161, Atlantic City, NJ, Substantial damage. The engine failed from fuel exhaustion. Landed in a marsh. The pilot failed to monitor fuel consumption.

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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