# NTSB NYC87LA232: Piper PA-28-161, N47993, Bridgeton, NJ, August 31, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 31, 1987, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Bridgeton, NJ
- Location: 39.4292° N, 75.2286° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bridgeton, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4292&lon=-75.2286&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 16, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30720
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA232
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30720/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA232

## 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
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47993-2001-02-16), registration cancelled 2001-02-16, S/N 28-7816179 (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)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7816179
- Airframe hours: 1940
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870831056169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870831056169A), Aug 31, 1987: Piper PA28161, Bridgeton, NJ, Substantial damage. Landed downwind. Lost control,ran off 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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