# Accident 19991027030909A: Cessna 190, Somerville, NJ, October 27, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1999, 16:42 local time
- Place: Somerville, NJ
- Airport: Somerset Airport
- Damage: Substantial 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: N195EL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N195EL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195A (registry code 2073110, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs L4 /R755-7 (registry code 35003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-l4-r755-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 190
- Reported engine: JACOBP R755S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,388 total, 938 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991027030909A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON OCTOBER 27, 1999, ABOUT 1642 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 190, N195EL, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING AT THE SOMERSET AIRPORT (SMQ), SOMERVILLE, NEW JERSEY. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT/OWNER AND PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE PREPARED FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 30, A 2,733 FOOT RUNWAY, AND REPORTED THE WIND FROM A HEADING OF 020, AT 8 KNOTS.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AS THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN, APPROXIMATELY 3/4 DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY, A GUST OF WIND APPEARED AND "PUSHED IT TO THE SIDE."  THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO "GROUNDLOOP", AND THE PILOT APPLIED THE LEFT BRAKE "TO STRAIGHTEN IT."  THE PILOT SAID HE APPLIED THE BRAKE BECAUSE "THE RUDDER WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT."  HE THEN APPLIED THE RIGHT BRAKE AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED ONTO ITS BACK.  A WITNESS AT THE AIRPORT OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE ON FINAL APPROACH AND REPORTED THAT IT "SEEMED TO BE SOMEWHAT FAST."  SHE STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE LANDED STRAIGHT, AND AFTER A FEW MOMENTS, THE BACK END STARTED TO "PIVOT WILDLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE."  SHE FURTHER STATED THA T THE BACK END OF THE AIRPLANE LIFTED OFF THE GROUND, HOVERED VERTICALLY IN THE AIR FOR A MOMENT, THEN "CRASHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, LEAVING THE AIRPLANE UPSIDE DOWN." ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR, EXAMINATION OF THE RUNWAY REVEALED MARKS ABOUT 300 FEET LONG CONSISTENT WITH THOSE OF AIRPLANE TIRE SKID MARKS. THE WINDS REPORTED AT SMQ, AT 1653, WERE FROM 010 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS. (.4)THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AS IT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY.  DURING THE BOUNCE, A GUST OF WIND APPEARED AND 'DRIFTED THE AIRPLANE TO THE LEFT.'  THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO 'GROUNDLOOP TO THE RIGHT,' AND AS THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES 'TO STRAIGHTEN IT,' THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED ONTO ITS BACK. EXAMINATION OF THE RUNWAY REVEALED MARKS ABOUT 300 FEET LONG CONSISTENT WITH THOSE OF AIRPLANE TIRE SKID MARKS.  THE WINDS REPORTED AT SMQ AT 1653 WERE FROM 010 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS.                                                            (-23)ON LANDING, PILOT LOCKED UP RIGHT BRAKE AND AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO GROUND LOOP.  PILOT OPPOSITE BRAKE TO CORRECT AND AIRCRAFT NOSE OVER.

## 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 NYC00LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA016), Oct 27, 1999: Cessna 190 (N195EL), Somerville, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind.

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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