Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Bader Field Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401
Friday, January 8, 1988 18:30 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PIPER PA-23-250 MADE AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT SAID HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, HOWEVER, BOTH PROPELLERS STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT TRIED TO MAKE A GO-AROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO VEER TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE DIRT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT AND 2 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. TWO PASSENGERS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. POST-CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDING GEAR LIGHTS AND WARNING HORN WORKED PROPERLY, AND THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED WHEN THE A/C TOUCHED DOWN. NO MALFUNCTION COULD BE FOUND. THE PILOT HELD A VALID MEDICAL, HOWEVER, HIS PILOT CERTIFICATE WAS COMMERCIAL PRIVILAGES ASEL AND PRIVATE PRIVILAGES AMEL. HE HAD RECEIVED SEVERAL CHECKRIDES FROM THE FAA IN MULTI-ENGINE A/C UNDER 14 CFR 135 ALLOWING HIM TO OPERATE AS PIC IN MULTI-ENGINE A/C WITHOUT THIS BEING DISCOVERED BY THE FAA.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 1/8/1988 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1830 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | ATLANTIC CITY |
| Event State | NEW JERSEY |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 08401 |
| Event Date Year | 1988 |
| Event Date Month | 1 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | BADER FIELD |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | AIY |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 9 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1800 Eastern Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | AIY |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 9 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EST |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 600 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -2 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -3 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 350 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 12 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 2 |
| Injury Total None | 3 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 863 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jan 8 1988 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1955 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 36827 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 11:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Instrument Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N62554 |
| NTSB Number | NYC88LA064 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | PA-23-250 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA-23-250 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 277654035 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 5200 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 6 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | 4400 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | TETERBORO TRAVEL BY AIR, INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 1047 ANDERSON AVE. |
| Aircraft Owner City | FORT LEE |
| Aircraft Owner State | NJ |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 07024 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | AIR NEWARK |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 1047 ANDERSON AVE |
| Operator City | FORT LEE |
| Operator State | NJ |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 07024 |
| Operator Code | NER |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Non-scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | MSV |
| Departure City | MONTICELLO |
| Departure State | NY |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1710 |
| Departure Time Zone | EST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:35AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 11 |
| Runway Length | 2950 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |