- Date
- December 6, 1990, 23:00 local (Dec 7, 1990, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8339DPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901206053159A
- Case key
- 36855
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to abort the takeoff in sufficient time to prevent an overrun. Factors related to the accident were a partial power loss due to a faulty ignition system.
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 taking off with two friends on board on a 2830 ft long runway. The engine did not develop full power (only 1800 instead of 2600 RPM). About midfield the pilot dropped a notch of flaps in an attempt to get airborne and at about 2/3 down the runway, he aborted the takeoff. The airplane ran off the departure end of the runway, through a cyclone fence and into the bay (3 ft deep). Post crash examination of the airplane found an ignition problem.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8339D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8316030
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ervin Bender
- Registered owner
- Ervin Bender
- Departed
- AIY
- Destination
- PNE · Philadelphia, PA
- Airport
- AIY · Bader Field, runway 29, 2,830 × 100 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,170 total · 1,170 in this make and model · 727 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.