# Incident 19990424023219I: Yaklev YAK52, Somerville, NJ, April 24, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1999, 17:00 local time
- Place: Somerville, NJ
- Airport: Somerset Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N52EK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52EK-2006-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: S C Aerostar S A YAK-52 (registry code 1140000, https://openairdocs.org/model/s-c-aerostar-s-a-yak-52) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKLEV YAK52
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 80 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990424023219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER ROLLING APPROX. 200 FEET ON LANDING.

## Other reports on N52EK (1)

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

- [Incident 19970511017139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970511017139I), May 11, 1997: Yaklev YAK52 (N52EK), Youngstown, OH, Minor damage. N 52EK (experimental exhibition) landed runway 23. Nose gear vibrated and collapsed after touching runway. Inspection found tire flat. M or d to be filed by…

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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