# Incident 20000712034379I: Piper PA25, Somerville, NJ, July 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2000, 16:15 local time
- Place: Somerville, NJ
- Airport: Somerset Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N6270Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6270Z-2013-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000712034379I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT LANDED ON GRASS RUNWAY 26 AT SOMERSET AIRPORT (SJB). AFTER LANDING AND ALMOST STOPPING, AS THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TURN TO BACK TAXI, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR BUNGEE CORD ANCHOR FAILED, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO LEAN RIGHT AND VEER LEFT, RUNNING INTO SOME SMALL TREES.

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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