# NTSB Accident NYC05LA144
> **Piper PA-28-180** · 2005-09-20 · Millville, NJ, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** NYC05LA144
- **Event ID:** 20051004X01566
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-09-20
- **Location:** Millville, NJ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.367778, -75.072219
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-180
- **Registration:** N6494J
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight instructor's improper in-flight decision to perform a emergency landing to a runway, with a tailwind, and his failure to maintain airspeed after aborting that landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent impact with terrain.  Factors in the accident were the partial loss of engine power due to a cracked cylinder, and tailwind condition.

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