ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 197148
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| Date: | Saturday 5 August 2017 |
| Time: | 22:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N56884 |
| MSN: | 28-7425057 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3791 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1/2 mi NE Sky Manor Airport, in Franklin, Hunterdon County, NJ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Blairstown, NJ (1N7) |
| Pittstown, NJ (N40) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot owned the airplane and intended to conduct a 20-minute night, cross-country flight to a nearby airport for avionics installation. During a circling descent to the destination airport, the airplane collided with trees and terrain, which resulted in a postcrash fire.
Examination of the wreckage did not reveal any evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. The student had a total flight experience of 105 hours, of which 5 hours were at night. He had not flown during the 90-day period preceding the accident.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's improper decision to conduct a night flight and his failure to maintain adequate altitude during the approach, which resulted in controlled flight into trees and terrain. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot's lack of total and recent night flight experience.
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Plane crashes in Hunterdon County, NJ, USAhttps://t.co/EaIBflI8h7 pic.twitter.com/Mm3L1A9BuU
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 6 août 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2017 13:52 | Aerossurance | Added |
| 06-Aug-2017 13:54 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 06-Aug-2017 14:00 | Aerossurance | Updated [Date] |
| 06-Aug-2017 14:00 | Aerossurance | Updated [Date] |
| 06-Aug-2017 22:32 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 07-Aug-2017 07:05 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 22-Mar-2019 19:10 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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