# NTSB NYC88LA080: Piper PA-28R-200, N9317N, Old Bridge, NJ, January 10, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 10, 1988, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Old Bridge, NJ
- Location: 40.3299° N, 74.3468° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OLD BRIDGE (3N6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3299&lon=-74.3468&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36094
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA080
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36094/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA080

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - aborted
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - aborted
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE FLIGHT MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 24. AS THE PILOT APPLIED PWR FOR TAKEOFF DUE TO THE HAZARDOUS RUNWAY CONDITIONS, THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR IMPACTED PLOWED SNOW AT THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9317N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9317N-1990-03-19), registration cancelled 1990-03-19, S/N 28R35017 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (registry code 7102811) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R-35017
- Airframe hours: 1616
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-C1C 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: E. K. Williams
- Registered owner: Edward K Williams
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 9, 1987, 61 hours before
- Airport: 3N6, Old Bridge, runway 24, 3,600 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 303 total, 29 in this make and model, 151 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 25 statute miles

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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