# Accident 19981026030219A: Aero Commander 100, Bridgeton, NJ, October 26, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1998, 18:50 local time
- Place: Bridgeton, NJ
- Airport: Bucks Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4737° N, 75.1846° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCKS (00N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4737&lon=-75.1846&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5546M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5546M-1999-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 100 (registry code 0140202, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981026030219A

## Narrative

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

ACFT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. (-23) UPON RETURNING FROM A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE PILOT MADE A FASTER THAN NORMAL APPRAOCH/LANDING TO RUNWAY 36 AT THE BUCK'S AIRPORT, BRIDGETON, NJ, LANDED HARD NOSE WHEEL FIRST WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO BREAK OFF WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP INVERTED. BOTH THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

## 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 NYC99LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA018), Oct 26, 1998: Aero Commander AC-100 (N5546M), Bridgeton, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly flare the airplane at touchdown.

## Other reports on N5546M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800517058999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800517058999I), May 17, 1980: Slinds 100ACMDR (N5546M), Toms River, NJ, Minor damage. Hard landing, two private pilots. Both pilots reexamined.

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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