- Date
- August 31, 1987, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bridgeton, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47993Piper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870831056169A
- Case key
- 30720
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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 made a landing with a tailwind of 8-10 knots. During landing roll the aircraft pulled to the left and power was added for a go around. The pilot reported, however, that the aircraft would not become airborne so he then decreased the power and the aircraft came to a stop between trees and bushes on the side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47993
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7816179
- Airframe hours
- 1,940
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George W. Decker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 17N · Cross Keys, NJ
- Destination
- OON · Bridgeton, NJ
- Airport
- OON · Bucks Field, runway 36, 1,900 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 207 total · 207 in this make and model · 207 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.