# Accident 19960223002709A: Piper PA46350P, Somerville, NJ, February 23, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1996, 15:10 local time
- Place: Somerville, NJ
- Airport: Somerset Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6260° N, 74.6700° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOMERSET (SMQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6260&lon=-74.6700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9254X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540AE2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,482 total, 830 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960223002709A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BROKE OUT ON RADAR VECTORES TO N52. CIRCLED LAND RUNWAY 30. LANDED LONG. HYDROPLANED. BEGAN GO AROUND LATE.HIT TREE

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC96LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA065), Feb 23, 1996: Piper PA-46-350P (N9254X), Bedminster, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to perform a go-around, and his misjudged distance during the landing resulting in the overrun and the subsequent collision with the trees during the aborted landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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