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| Date: | Friday 9 September 2022 |
| Time: | 11:32 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-39-160 Twin Comanche C/R |
| Owner/operator: | Matlin Leasing Corp |
| Registration: | N8925Y |
| MSN: | 39-81 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Essex County Airport (CDW/KCDW), Caldwell, NJ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Caldwell Wright Airport, NJ (CDW/KCDW) |
| Eastern Slopes Regional Airport, ME (IZG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On September 9, 2022, at 1132 eastern daylight time, N8925Y, a twin-engine Piper PA-39 airplane was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident at the Essex County Airport (CDW), Caldwell, New Jersey. The pilot and the passenger were not injured. The airplane was being operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
The 84-year-old pilot and the passenger made two attempts to take off on a cross-country flight. According to the passenger, once she and the pilot boarded the airplane, the pilot said he forgot where they were going and had to ask the name of the airport. After informing the pilot of their destination, the pilot taxied to the runway and began to accelerate for takeoff. The pilot aborted the takeoff because he thought the passenger’s door was open. The door was secured, and the pilot taxied back to the runway. Just before taking off again, the pilot asked a second time where they were going. The passenger again had to tell the pilot their destination. The pilot initiated the takeoff roll, but aborted because he felt something was wrong with the airplane. The airplane went off the end of the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing.
When first responders arrived on scene, they noted the pilot was confused and had memory problems. The pilot was hospitalized for neurological evaluation and consultation. Magnetic resonance imaging of the pilot’s brain performed the day after the accident demonstrated an acute-to-subacute lacunar stroke in the right medial temporal lobe. The pilot was discharged from the hospital with a diagnosis of transient global amnesia. As such, the pilot most likely experienced an acute cerebrovascular event. Impairing symptoms of this event likely diminished his situational awareness and prompted him to intentionally abort the takeoff, resulting in the runway excursion.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s acute cerebrovascular event, which caused symptoms that diminished his situational awareness and prompted him to abort the takeoff, resulting in a runway excursion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/west-essex/sections/police-and-fire/articles/plane-veers-off-runway-at-essex-county-airport
https://newjersey.news12.com/police-plane-runs-off-runway-at-essex-county-airport
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105928
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8925Y
https://archive.liveatc.net/kcdw/KCDW-Sep-09-2022-1500Z.mp3 (ATC audio)
https://photos-e1.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/5a618afb3fbfa237b2addb35e0d3c3a1bac5567f (photo)
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Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Sep-2022 00:22 | Geno | Added |
| 10-Sep-2022 02:04 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2022 02:10 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2022 06:39 | shane | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 11-Sep-2022 06:06 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2022 21:39 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 19-May-2024 21:43 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, Accident report, Photo] |
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