# NTSB NYC87LA110: Piper PA-28, N75336, Bridgeport, NJ, April 2, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 2, 1987, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Bridgeport, NJ
- Location: 39.8009° N, 75.3469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bridgeport, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8009&lon=-75.3469&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 7, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30620
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA110
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30620/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA110

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Overrun, landing - roll
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75336-1991-08-26), registration cancelled 1991-08-26, S/N 287615291 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-151](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (registry code 7102805) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7615291
- Airframe hours: 1535
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870402083439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870402083439A), Apr 2, 1987: Piper PA28151, Bridgeport, NJ, Substantial damage. Instructor demonstrating night landing landed too long and overran the runway into trees.

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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