- Date
- April 2, 1987, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bridgeport, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N75336Piper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870402083439A
- Case key
- 30620
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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 pilot was making a night landing to Bridgeport airport when he lost directional control of the aircraft and it veered to the left. The airplane continued to roll off the end of the runway and collided with trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75336
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7615291
- Airframe hours
- 1,535
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Iota-Oriones, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1986 · 1,489 hours before
- Departed
- Millville, NJ
- Airport
- N83 · Bridgeport, runway 16, 2,200 × 60 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
- 51
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,160 total · 207 in this make and model · 1,005 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 16 knots
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.